Patents by Inventor Kazufumi Miyatake

Kazufumi Miyatake 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: 11476503
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer; a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer; and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer. A weight per unit area of a first portion of the negative electrode mixture layer overlapping the positive electrode mixture layer on a stacking axis is greater than a weight per unit area of a second portion of the negative electrode mixture layer not overlapping the positive electrode mixture layer on the stacking axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Miyatake, Motohiro Okochi, Akihiro Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20220320571
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte composition of the present disclosure includes: a solid electrolyte material having ion-binding properties; and an organic solvent. The organic solvent includes: a halogen-group-containing compound; and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ether-group-containing compound and a hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi HIRANO, Yusuke NISHIO, Kazufumi MIYATAKE
  • Patent number: 11444319
    Abstract: An all-solid battery includes a positive-electrode layer, a negative-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive-electrode layer includes a positive-electrode current collector, a positive-electrode bonding layer containing at least a conductive agent comprising non-metal and formed on the positive-electrode current collector, and a positive-electrode mixture layer containing at least a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte and formed on the positive-electrode bonding layer. The negative-electrode layer includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode mixture layer containing at least a negative-electrode active material and the solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive-electrode mixture layer and the negative-electrode mixture layer and contains the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Akihiro Horikawa, Motohiro Okochi, Kazufumi Miyatake
  • Publication number: 20220285721
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte composition according to the present disclosure includes a halide solid electrolyte material and an organic solvent. The halide solid electrolyte material has an average particle size of less than or equal to 1 ?m. The organic solvent consists of at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound having a functional group and a hydrocarbon. The functional group includes at least one selected from the group consisting of an ether group and a halogen group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, YUSUKE NISHIO, TAKASHI KUBO
  • Patent number: 11431023
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer; a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer; and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer. On a plane perpendicular to a stacking axis, an area of the negative electrode mixture layer is larger than an area of the positive electrode mixture layer. On the stacking axis, an entire portion of the positive electrode mixture layer overlaps a portion of the negative electrode mixture layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Miyatake, Akihiro Horikawa, Motohiro Okochi
  • Patent number: 11342592
    Abstract: An all-solid battery includes a positive-electrode layer having a positive-electrode current collector and a positive-electrode mixture layer, a negative-electrode layer having a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode mixture layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive-electrode mixture layer contains a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive-electrode mixture layer and the negative-electrode mixture layer. In the positive-electrode mixture layer, the active material volume proportion is larger and the porosity is smaller in a portion closer to the positive-electrode current collector than in a portion far from the positive-electrode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Horikawa, Kazufumi Miyatake, Motohiro Okochi
  • Publication number: 20220102755
    Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes Li, Y, X, O, and H. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, YUSUKE NISHIO, TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220102754
    Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes Li, Y, O, and X. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. O is present in a surface region of the solid-electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210296693
    Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes Li, Y, O, and X. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10953618
    Abstract: A heating roll press machine according to the present disclosure includes a pair of rollers and a preheating unit that preheats a processing object before the processing object is conveyed to the pair of rollers. The preheating unit preheats the processing object so that a temperature distribution differs according to positions in a width direction of the processing object to reduce a temperature difference in the width direction of the processing object after the processing object passes through the pair of rollers each having a temperature difference between a roller central part and roller end parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Miyatake, Toshifumi Nagino, Kazuto Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10847803
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery that includes an electricity-generating unit that includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode collector, and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode collector; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer has a high-density portion of high mixture density, and a low-density portion having a lower mixture density than the high-density portion and being in contact with the high-density portion. The low-density portion has a smaller area than the high-density portion when viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Miyatake, Toshifumi Nagino
  • Publication number: 20200243914
    Abstract: A solid-state battery that exhibits improved battery performance includes: a positive-electrode collector; a negative-electrode collector; a positive electrode layer formed on the positive-electrode collector and containing a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte; a negative electrode layer formed on the negative-electrode collector and containing a negative-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer and containing a solid electrolyte. At least one of the solid electrolyte and the solid electrolyte partly represents a porous solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: SHUZO TSUCHIDA, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200212499
    Abstract: An all-solid battery includes a positive-electrode layer having a positive-electrode current collector and a positive-electrode mixture layer, a negative-electrode layer having a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode mixture layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive-electrode mixture layer contains a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive-electrode mixture layer and the negative-electrode mixture layer. In the positive-electrode mixture layer, the active material volume proportion is larger and the porosity is smaller in a portion closer to the positive-electrode current collector than in a portion far from the positive-electrode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, MOTOHIRO OKOCHI
  • Publication number: 20200212479
    Abstract: An all-solid battery includes a positive-electrode layer, a negative-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive-electrode layer includes a positive-electrode current collector, a positive-electrode bonding layer that contains at least a conductive agent comprising non-metal and is formed on the positive-electrode current collector, and a positive-electrode mixture layer that contains at least a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte and is formed on the positive-electrode bonding layer. The negative-electrode layer includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode mixture layer that contains at least a negative-electrode active material and the solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive-electrode mixture layer and the negative-electrode mixture layer and contains the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, MOTOHIRO OKOCHI, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE
  • Publication number: 20200194828
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer; a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer; and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer. On a plane perpendicular to a stacking axis, an area of the negative electrode mixture layer is larger than an area of the positive electrode mixture layer. On the stacking axis, an entire portion of the positive electrode mixture layer overlaps a portion of the negative electrode mixture layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, MOTOHIRO OKOCHI
  • Publication number: 20200194840
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer; a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer; and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer. A weight per unit area of a first portion of the negative electrode mixture layer overlapping the positive electrode mixture layer on a stacking axis is greater than a weight per unit area of a second portion of the negative electrode mixture layer not overlapping the positive electrode mixture layer on the stacking axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, MOTOHIRO OKOCHI, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190184668
    Abstract: A heating roll press machine according to the present disclosure includes a pair of rollers and a preheating unit that preheats a processing object before the processing object is conveyed to the pair of rollers. The preheating unit preheats the processing object so that a temperature distribution differs according to positions in a width direction of the processing object to reduce a temperature difference in the width direction of the processing object after the processing object passes through the pair of rollers each having a temperature difference between a roller central part and roller end parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, TOSHIFUMI NAGINO, KAZUTO FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20180241043
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery that includes an electricity-generating unit that includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode collector, and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode collector; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer has a high-density portion of high mixture density, and a low-density portion having a lower mixture density than the high-density portion and being in contact with the high-density portion. The low-density portion has a smaller area than the high-density portion when viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, TOSHIFUMI NAGINO
  • Publication number: 20180105955
    Abstract: A fiber assembly that is obtained by melt-spinning a thermoplastic resin, in which a fiber diameter of the fiber assembly has a median diameter of 1 ?m or less, and a melt viscosity of the fiber assembly is 100 mPa·s or more and 1000 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: MOTOI HATANAKA, TOSHIFUMI NAGINO, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, KOTA NAKAHIRA, NOBORU MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20170327983
    Abstract: A non-woven fabric, non-woven fabric producing method and an acoustic absorbent of desirable properties are provided. The non-woven fabric is a non-woven fabric including a plurality of ultrafine fibers configured from a thermoplastic resin, and comprises: a base portion configured by entangling of some of the plurality of ultrafine fibers; and a fiber bundle configured by entangling and bundling of other ultrafine fibers in the plurality of ultrafine fibers, and that is entangled with the base portion. The fiber bundle has a lower void fraction than a void fraction of the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: KOTA NAKAHIRA, TOSHIFUMI NAGINO, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, MOTOI HATANAKA