Patents by Inventor Kazuteru Umetsu

Kazuteru Umetsu 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: 11942621
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode precursor having a positive electrode active material layer, wherein the mass proportion A1 of a carbon material in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 15-65 mass %, the mass proportion A2 of a lithium transition metal oxide in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 5-35 mass %, the mass proportion A3 of an alkali metal compound in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 10-50 mass %, A2/A1 is 0.10-2.00, A1/A3 is 0.50-3.00, and the positive electrode active material layer has a peel strength of 0.02-3.00 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Keita Kusuzaka, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 11923541
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions, the lithium ion secondary cell being such that: the positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer; the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material and a lithium compound; the positive electrode active material includes a transition metal oxide; the concentration of the lithium compound, which is the portion other than the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer, is 0.1-10 mass %; the negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer; the negative electrode active material layer contains 50-95 mass % of a carbon material and 5-50 mass % of an alloy-based active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 11824203
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous lithium-type electricity storage element which includes a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode active material layer disposed thereon, wherein, in a solid-state 7Li-NMR spectrum of the positive electrode active material layer, a signal area ratio a/b, which is the ratio of a signal area ratio of component A having a signal at least at ?2 to 2.5 ppm to a signal area of component B having a signal at ?6 to ?2.5 ppm is 1.5 to 20.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20230327112
    Abstract: The purpose of one aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a nonaqueous alkali metal power storage element with which diffusion resistance of ions is reduced, while increase of electron transfer resistance at high temperature is suppressed. This nonaqueous alkali metal power storage element contains, in a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer, single-walled carbon nanotubes having a bundle structure that has an average fiber diameter of 5-20 nm. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a positive electrode coating liquid that leads to provision of a nonaqueous alkali metal power storage element having high energy density and high output performance. The positive electrode coating liquid contains single-walled carbon nanotubes and has a specific viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumiya Nakamura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Kazuaki Takada
  • Publication number: 20220393147
    Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium power storage element that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode having a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer that includes active carbon, and the non-aqueous lithium power storage element having configuration (1) and/or (2). (1) The negative electrode includes a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer (2) The non-aqueous electrolyte contains (A) LiPF6 and/or LiBF4, (B) an imide lithium salt, and (C) an oxalate-complex lithium salt, the ratio of the mass of component (C) to the total mass of components (A) and (B) being 1.0-10.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takada, Kazuteru Umetsu, Fumiya Nakamura, Yusuke Yamahata, Yuima Kimura, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11387052
    Abstract: A nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions. The negative electrode has: a negative electrode collector; and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material, said negative electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode active material contains a carbonaceous material capable of storing or releasing lithium ions. Furthermore, the positive electrode has: a positive electrode collector; and a positive electrode active material layer containing a cathode active material, said positive electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode active material contains activated carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Publication number: 20220190380
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element, comprising a voltage application step of applying a voltage to a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element precursor comprising a positive electrode precursor, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, housed in a casing, wherein a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode precursor comprises a positive electrode active material and an alkali metal compound other than the positive electrode active material, wherein comprising (1) pressurizing the precursor from outside thereof before the voltage application step or during the voltage application step, (2) heating the precursor before the voltage application step or during the voltage application step, (3) carrying out constant voltage charge of the precursor after constant current charge of the precursor in the voltage application step, and wherein (4) a C rate of the constant current charge is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Koichi Hiraoka, Hitoshi Morita, Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu
  • Patent number: 11107639
    Abstract: This positive electrode precursor includes: a positive electrode active material containing a carbon material and an alkali metal compound, wherein 5?A?35, when A (g/m2) is a weight of the alkali metal compound in the positive electrode active material layer at one surface of the positive electrode precursor, 10?B?100 as well as 0.20?A/B?1.00, when B (g/m2) is a weight of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer, and 1?C?20, when C (m2/cm2) is a specific surface area per unit area as measured by the BET method at one surface of the positive electrode precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Keita Kusuzaka
  • Publication number: 20210202186
    Abstract: This positive electrode precursor includes: a positive electrode active material containing a carbon material and an alkali metal compound, wherein 5?A?35, when A (g/m2) is a weight of the alkali metal compound in the positive electrode active material layer at one surface of the positive electrode precursor, 10?B?100 as well as 0.20?A/B?1.00, when B (g/m2) is a weight of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer, and 1?C?20, when C (m2/cm2) is a specific surface area per unit area as measured by the BET method at one surface of the positive electrode precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Keita Kusuzaka
  • Patent number: 11038173
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery of the present disclosure is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Keita Kusuzaka, Takeshi Kamijo
  • Patent number: 10886533
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium power storage element that can suppress excessive decomposition of a lithium compound remaining in a positive electrode, can suppress gas generation at high voltages, and can suppress capacity declines during high-load charge/discharge cycling. The nonaqueous lithium power storage element according to the present embodiment has a positive electrode that contains a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a lithium ion-containing nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein in the elemental map provided by SEM-EDX of the surface of the positive electrode, the area overlap ratio U1 of the fluorine map relative to the oxygen map, as provided by binarization based on the average value of the brightness values, is 40% to 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Koichi Hiraoka, Atsushi Hosokibara, Taku Suetomi
  • Patent number: 10825616
    Abstract: Method of preparing a nonaqueous lithium power storage element, by providing a nonaqueous lithium power storage element comprising a positive electrode precursor containing a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions, and a casing; and applying a voltage of 4.2V or more to the nonaqueous lithium power storage element to decompose the lithium compound in the positive electrode precursor and pre-dope the negative electrode with the lithium ions, while releasing a gas generated from decomposition of the lithium compound either out of an opening of the casing or through a degassing valve or gas permeable film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Takeshi Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20200287234
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions, the lithium ion secondary cell being such that: the positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer; the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material and a lithium compound; the positive electrode active material includes a transition metal oxide; the concentration of the lithium compound, which is the portion other than the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer, is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200274169
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous lithium-type electricity storage element which includes a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode active material layer disposed thereon, wherein, in a solid-state 7Li-NMR spectrum of the positive electrode active material layer, a signal area ratio a/b, which is the ratio of a signal area ratio of component A having a signal at least at ?2 to 2.5 ppm to a signal area of component B having a signal at ?6 to ?2.5 ppm is 1.5 to 20.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10748716
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element in which a lithium compound is included in positive electrode, wherein energy loss due to voltage decrease under high temperatures and high voltages is reduced, and the high-load charge and discharge cycle characteristics are exceptional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200219665
    Abstract: A nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions. The negative electrode has: a negative electrode collector; and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material, said negative electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode active material contains a carbonaceous material capable of storing or releasing lithium ions. Furthermore, the positive electrode has: a positive electrode collector; and a positive electrode active material layer containing a cathode active material, said positive electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode active material contains activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Publication number: 20200194775
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode precursor having a positive electrode active material layer, wherein the mass proportion A1 of a carbon material in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 15-65 mass %, the mass proportion A2 of a lithium transition metal oxide in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 5-35 mass %, the mass proportion A3 of an alkali metal compound in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 10-50 mass %, A2/A1 is 0.10-2.00, A1/A3 is 0.50-3.00, and the positive electrode active material layer has a peel strength of 0.02-3.00 N/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Keita Kusuzaka, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10636582
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Patent number: 10468199
    Abstract: This nonaqueous lithium power storage element contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions. The positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material that contains a carbon material. When the pore distribution of the positive electrode active material layer is measured by mercury intrusion, the pore distribution curve for the relationship between the pore diameter and log differential pore volume has at least one peak having a peak value of 1.0-5.0 mL/g for the log differential pore volume in the pore diameter range of 0.1-50 ?m, and the total cumulative pore volume Vp in the pore diameter range of 0.1-50 ?m is 0.7-3.0 mL/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Tekeshi Kamijo, Atsushi Hosokibara, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20190333710
    Abstract: Method of preparing a nonaqueous lithium power storage element, by providing a nonaqueous lithium power storage element comprising a positive electrode precursor containing a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions, and a casing; and applying a voltage of 4.2V or more to the nonaqueous lithium power storage element to decompose the lithium compound in the positive electrode precursor and pre-dope the negative electrode with the lithium ions, while releasing a gas generated from decomposition of the lithium compound either out of an opening of the casing or through a degassing valve or gas permeable film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Takeshi Kamijo