Patents by Inventor Kei KUMABAYASHI

Kei KUMABAYASHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079589
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device including a negative electrode including a negative substrate and a negative active material layer layered directly or indirectly on at least one surface of the negative substrate, where the negative active material layer contains: solid graphite particles that have a median diameter D1; hollow graphite particles that have a larger median diameter D2 than the solid graphite particles; and a conductive agent, and the conductive agent is fibrous carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta OGI, Kei KUMABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230022950
    Abstract: An energy storage device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a negative electrode including a negative electrode substrate and a negative active material layer layered directly or indirectly on a surface of the negative electrode substrate; and a positive electrode. The negative active material layer contains a negative active material. The negative active material contains non-graphitizable carbon. In one direction of the negative electrode substrate, at least one end edge side of the negative active material layer is thicker than a central portion present between the one end edge side and the other end edge side facing the one end edge side. When a true density of the non-graphitizable carbon is A [g/cm3], an amount of charge B [mAh/g] of the negative electrode in a fully charged state satisfies the following formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta OGI, Kei KUMABAYASHI, Akihiko MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220407069
    Abstract: An energy storage device according to one aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device including a negative electrode having a negative electrode substrate and a negative active material layer stacked on the negative electrode substrate directly or via another layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, in which the negative active material layer contains graphite and a solvent-based binder, and the negative active material layer is not subjected to pressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta OGI, Yuhei ITAI, Kei KUMABAYASHI, Fumiya NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220271287
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device including a negative electrode including a negative electrode substrate and a negative active material layer stacked directly or indirectly on at least one surface of the negative electrode substrate, the negative active material layer containing a negative active material, the negative active material containing hollow graphite particles having a median diameter D1 and solid graphite particles having a median diameter D2 smaller than the median diameter of the hollow graphite particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta OGI, Kei KUMABAYASHI, Akihiko MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210257618
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device including an electrode assembly that has a negative electrode and a positive electrode, where the negative electrode contains a negative electrode substrate and a negative active material, and has a negative active material layer disposed in an unpressed shape along at least one surface of the negative electrode substrate, the negative active material includes solid graphite particles as a main component, and the solid graphite particles have an aspect ratio of 1 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta OGI, Fumiya NAKANO, Ryosuke SHIMOKAWA, Shota ITO, Masaki MASUDA, Taro YAMAFUKU, Kei KUMABAYASHI, Akihiko MIYAZAKI