Patents by Inventor Junnosuke Akiike

Junnosuke Akiike has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11319391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises a particulate polymer and a binder, wherein the particulate polymer comprises 5% to 50% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and 0.1% to 3.5% by mass of a cross-linkable monomer unit. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer prepared by using the composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer. Also disclosed is a laminate which comprises a substrate and the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate either directly or indirectly through one or more other layers. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery wherein at least one of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator comprises the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junnosuke Akiike, Keiichiro Tanaka, Kazuki Asai, Kei Oura
  • Patent number: 11152667
    Abstract: A particulate polymer for a binder of a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein ion conductivity of a film formed by the particulate polymer after being immersed in an electrolytic solution at 60° C. for 72 hours is 1×10?5 S/cm to 1×103 S/cm, and tensile strength of the film is 500 N/cm2 to 4000 N/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sasaki, Junnosuke Akiike
  • Patent number: 11095000
    Abstract: A slurry for a lithium ion secondary battery porous membrane, including non-conductive particles, a water-soluble polymer containing an acidic group-containing monomer unit, and a particulate polymer, wherein: an amount of the water-soluble polymer is 0.05 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the non-conductive particles; and a BET specific surface area of the non-conductive particles is 5 m2/g to 10 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junnosuke Akiike
  • Patent number: 10707532
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for an adhesive layer of a non-aqueous secondary battery allowing formation of an adhesive layer that can achieve both high process adhesiveness and high blocking resistance in battery members such as an electrode and a separator. The presently disclosed composition for an adhesive layer of a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a particulate polymer A that has a glass-transition temperature of no higher than 20° C. and a volume-average particle diameter of at least 100 nm and less than 450 nm, and a particulate polymer B that has a glass-transition temperature of at least 30° C. and less than 60° C. and a volume-average particle diameter larger than the volume-average particle diameter of the particulate polymer A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Maruhashi, Junnosuke Akiike
  • Patent number: 10637063
    Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane comprises: a polymer; and an organic solvent, wherein a boiling point of the organic solvent is 30° C. or more and 100° C. or less, and an absolute difference |SPdiff|=|SPp?SPs| between a solubility parameter SPp of the polymer and a solubility parameter SPs of the organic solvent is 1.5 or more and 6.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junnosuke Akiike
  • Publication number: 20190148699
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics and low-temperature output characteristics. The non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution. At least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator includes a porous membrane. The porous membrane contains non-conductive particles and a polymer that has a nitrile group and includes an alkylene structural unit. The electrolyte solution contains a non-aqueous solvent and a supporting electrolyte. A propionic acid compound constitutes at least 50 volume % and not more than 100 volume % of the non-aqueous solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junnosuke AKIIKE, Tomoya MURASE
  • Patent number: 10283748
    Abstract: A porous membrane composition for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a first particulate polymer, wherein the first particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion that partially covers an outer surface of the core portion, the core portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of 5 times or more and 30 times or less, and the shell portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in the electrolytic solution of 1 time or more and 4 times or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sasaki, Junnosuke Akiike, Yasuhiro Wakizaka
  • Patent number: 10177362
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer capable of forming a functional layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can provide a battery component with high blocking resistance and cause excellent adhesiveness to be displayed before and after immersion in electrolysis solution. The composition contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion partially covering an outer surface thereof. The core portion is formed by a polymer having a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. to 60° C. and a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of at least a factor of 5 and no greater than a factor of 30. The shell portion is formed by a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. to 200° C. and a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of greater than a factor of 1 and no greater than a factor of 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junnosuke Akiike, Tomokazu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180375099
    Abstract: A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane comprises: a polymer; and an organic solvent, wherein a boiling point of the organic solvent is 30° C. or more and 100° C. or less, and an absolute difference |SPdiff|=|SPp?SPs| between a solubility parameter SPp of the polymer and a solubility parameter SPs of the organic solvent is 1.5 or more and 6.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junnosuke AKIIKE
  • Publication number: 20180351149
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises a particulate polymer and a binder, wherein the particulate polymer comprises 5% to 50% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and 0.1% to 3.5% by mass of a cross-linkable monomer unit. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer prepared by using the composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer. Also disclosed is a laminate which comprises a substrate and the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate either directly or indirectly through one or more other layers. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery wherein at least one of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator comprises the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junnosuke AKIIKE, Keiichiro TANAKA, Kazuki ASAI, Kei OURA
  • Patent number: 10141557
    Abstract: An adhesive for a lithium ion secondary battery, for bonding members for constituting a lithium ion secondary battery, the adhesive including a particulate polymer, wherein the particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion that partially covers an outer surface of the core portion, the core portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of 5 times or more and 30 times or less, and the shell portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of more than 1 time and 4 times or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sasaki, Junnosuke Akiike, Yasuhiro Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20180287189
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for an adhesive layer of a non-aqueous secondary battery allowing formation of an adhesive layer that can achieve both high process adhesiveness and high blocking resistance in battery members such as an electrode and a separator. The presently disclosed composition for an adhesive layer of a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a particulate polymer A that has a glass-transition temperature of no higher than 20° C. and a volume-average particle diameter of at least 100 nm and less than 450 nm, and a particulate polymer B that has a glass-transition temperature of at least 30° C. and less than 60° C. and a volume-average particle diameter larger than the volume-average particle diameter of the particulate polymer A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka MARUHASHI, Junnosuke AKIIKE
  • Publication number: 20170155107
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer capable of forming a functional layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can provide a battery component with high blocking resistance and cause excellent adhesiveness to be displayed before and after immersion in electrolysis solution. The composition contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion partially covering an outer surface thereof. The core portion is formed by a polymer having a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. to 60° C. and a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of at least a factor of 5 and no greater than a factor of 30. The shell portion is formed by a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. to 200° C. and a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of greater than a factor of 1 and no greater than a factor of 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junnosuke AKIIKE, Tomokazu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160268565
    Abstract: A particulate polymer for a binder of a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein ion conductivity of a film formed by the particulate polymer after being immersed in an electrolytic solution at 60° C. for 72 hours is 1×10?5 S/cm to 1×103 S/cm, and tensile strength of the film is 500 N/cm2 to 4000 N/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu SASAKI, Junnosuke AKIIKE
  • Publication number: 20160141581
    Abstract: An adhesive for a lithium ion secondary battery, for bonding members for constituting a lithium ion secondary battery, the adhesive including a particulate polymer, wherein the particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion that partially covers an outer surface of the core portion, the core portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of 5 times or more and 30 times or less, and the shell portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of more than 1 time and 4 times or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu SASAKI, Junnosuke AKIIKE, Yasuhiro WAKIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20160141575
    Abstract: A porous membrane composition for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a first particulate polymer, wherein the first particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion that partially covers an outer surface of the core portion, the core portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of 5 times or more and 30 times or less, and the shell portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in the electrolytic solution of 1 time or more and 4 times or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu SASAKI, Junnosuke AKIIKE, Yasuhiro WAKIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20160013465
    Abstract: A slurry for a lithium ion secondary battery porous membrane, including non-conductive particles, a water-soluble polymer containing an acidic group-containing monomer unit, and a particulate polymer, wherein: an amount of the water-soluble polymer is 0.05 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the non-conductive particles; and a BET specific surface area of the non-conductive particles is 5 m2/g to 10 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junnosuke AKIIKE
  • Publication number: 20140212728
    Abstract: Slurry for secondary batteries used for manufacturing a porous membrane superior in a thermal shrinkage resistance. Said slurry for secondary batteries comprises non-conductive particles and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a maleimide-maleic acid copolymer including a structural unit (a) shown by the below general formula (I) and a structural unit (b) shown by the below general formula (II); in which “R1” is hydrogen or a substitution group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 6, a cycloalkyl group having a carbon number of 3 to 12, a phenyl group and a hydroxyphenyl group, and “X” is a residual group of maleic acid which may be neutralized with an ion other than hydrogen ion, dehydrated or esterified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kaneda, Junnosuke Akiike