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: 10403447
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lithium storage element containing a positive electrode that contains a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions, for which an active material is applied on both surfaces of a nonporous positive electrode power collector, and a negative electrode active material capable of storing and releasing lithium ions is applied on both surfaces of a nonporous negative electrode power collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Takeshi Kamijo, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Keita Kusuzaka, Nobuhiro Okada, Taku Suetomi
  • Patent number: 10395848
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium power storage element comprising a positive electrode containing a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion, wherein the expression 0.1 ?m?X1?10.0 ?m is satisfied, where X1 is the mean particle diameter of the lithium compound, the expressions 2.0 ?m?Y1?20.0 ?m and X1<Y1 are satisfied, where Y1 is the mean particle diameter of a positive electrode active material, and the amount of lithium compound in the positive electrode is 1 weight % to 50 weight %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Takeshi Kamijo
  • Patent number: 10396361
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium power storage element containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a lithium ion-containing nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamijo, Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Kimiya Murakami, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20190237766
    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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10340526
    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: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20190035560
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium power storage element comprising a positive electrode containing a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion, wherein the expression 0.1 ?m?X1?10.0 ?m is satisfied, where X1 is the mean particle diameter of the lithium compound, the expressions 2.0 m?Y1?20.0 ?m and X1<Y1 are satisfied, where Y1 is the mean particle diameter of a positive electrode active material, and the amount of lithium compound in the positive electrode is 1 weight % to 50 weight %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Takeshi Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20190027321
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a nonaqueous lithium power storage element containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Tekeshi Kamijo, Atsushi Hosokibara, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20190027319
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lithium storage element containing a positive electrode that contains a lithium compound other than an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions, for which an active material is applied on both surfaces of a nonporous positive electrode power collector, and a negative electrode active material capable of storing and releasing lithium ions is applied on both surfaces of a nonporous negative electrode power collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Takeshi Kamijo, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Keita Kusuzaka, Nobuhiro Okada, Taku Suetomi
  • Publication number: 20190027320
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Publication number: 20190027754
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium power storage element containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a lithium ion-containing nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamijo, Keita Kusuzaka, Kazuteru Umetsu, Kimiya Murakami, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20190020030
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Koichi Hiraoka, Atsushi Hosokibara, Taku Suetomi
  • Publication number: 20190020034
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Keita Kusuzaka, Takeshi Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20180269486
    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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20180261399
    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: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Keita Kusuzaka