Patents by Inventor Kensuke Hironaka

Kensuke Hironaka 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: 6803149
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery which has high safety while maintaining high capacity and high power. A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 is provided in a battery lid which is a portion of a battery container with a cleavage valve 11 which cleaves at a predetermined pressure, and includes an electrode winding group 6 prepared by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, connection portions for connecting the electrode winding group 6 to respective electrode terminals, and non-aqueous electrolytic solution therein. As a positive electrode active material, lithium manganate where the amount of elution of manganese into the non-aqueous electrolytic solution is 5% or less based on the lithium manganate in a region where an electrode potential to metal lithium is 4.8V or more is used. As a negative electrode active material, graphite in/from which lithium ions can be occluded/released according to charging and discharging is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Youshin Yagi, Kensuke Hironaka
  • Patent number: 6733925
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery that can prevent a drop in the power even in a large current discharge is provided. Porosity of a separator is larger than or the same as porosity of a positive electrode mixture and a porosity of a negative electrode mixture. Particularly, the porosity of the positive electrode mixture is 20% to 50%, the porosity of the negative electrode mixture is 20% to 50%, and the porosity of the separator is 20% to 60%. The separator becomes rich in the volume of the electrolytic solution that infiltrates into interfacial aperture between the separator and the negative electrode. When the large current discharge is carried out in a short time, lithium-ions are released/occluded from the electrodes and the electrolytic solution can gain the released/occluded lithium-ions with a small interfacial resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Hironaka, Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Yuichi Takatsuka, Kenji Hara, Tomohiro Iguchi, Katsunori Suzuki, Koji Higashimoto, Takeshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 6706446
    Abstract: A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 accommodates a winding group 6, is structured by winding a positive electrode using lithium manganate (Li1+xMn2−xO4 or Li1+xMn2−x−yAlyO4) having an average particle diameter of primary particles in a range of from 0.1 &mgr;m to 2 &mgr;m as a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode using amorphous carbon as a negative electrode active material via a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution within a battery container 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Yuichi Takatsuka, Kensuke Hironaka, Takeshi Nakano, Youshin Yagi
  • Publication number: 20040005501
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery which can obtain stable power regardless of a depth of discharge and which can detect residual capacity easily. Graphite particles G having a predetermined particle diameter and petroleum pitch are mixed with and sintered at approximately 1000° C. in the atmosphere of inert gas, then cracked and sieved out to obtain binding particles C having a desired particle diameter which the graphite particles G are bound with an amorphous carbon A. A winding group is formed by winding a negative electrode in which the obtained binding particles C is used as negative electrode active material and a positive electrode which lithium manganate is used as positive electrode active material through a separator. An apparent density is increased by the amorphous carbon C bound among the graphite particles G.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Kensuke Hironaka
  • Patent number: 6509114
    Abstract: A cylindrical lithium-ion battery with excellent safety where abnormal heat generation and remarkable deformation of a battery container do not occur even at an abnormal time is provided. When an average diameter of a winding group 6 is A mm, an inner diameter of the battery container 5 is B mm, a longitudinal length of the winding group 6 except for lead pieces extending from the winding group 6 is H mm, and the number of windings where a layer of one unit comprising a negative electrode member/separator/negative electrode member/separator is wound around a shaft core 11 is W, a calculation value K obtained by a formula; K=(B−A)×(10000/(W×H) is set to 0.89 or more. When the calculation value K is 0.89 or more, a gap (B−A) between an outer periphery of the winding group 6 and an inner periphery of the battery container 5 that enables the winding group 6 to expand in its diameter direction at an abnormal time is properly secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Takeshi Nakano, Kensuke Hironaka
  • Patent number: 6506518
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery capable of improving high temperature cycle life characteristic effectively without decreasing discharge capacity. Amorphous carbon powder with a specific surface area of 10.0 m2/g and a mean particle diameter of 7.0 &mgr;m is used as negative electrode active material and lithium manganate with a Li/Mn ratio of 0.58 is used as positive electrode active material. Since a surface area of the negative electrode active material layer is made large by setting the mean particle diameter of the amorphous carbon powder to 10 &mgr;m or less, the surface area of the negative electrode active material layer is sufficiently large that, even when inert coating is formed on the surface of the negative electrode due to manganese deposition caused by manganese elution from the positive electrode, high temperature cycle life characteristic can be improved without high temperature deterioration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koutaro Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Kensuke Hironaka
  • Patent number: 6447946
    Abstract: A cylindrical lithium-ion battery with high safety, high capacity and high power has a winding group having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and at least one separator, and a connecting portion for connecting to respective terminals from the winding group accommodated in a battery container, and which is provided with an inner pressure-reducing mechanism for discharging gas according to an increase in inner pressure inside the battery container. The positive electrode includes a collector whose both surfaces are applied with composing material including lithium-manganese complex oxide, the thickness of the composing material on the both surfaces of the collector is at least 210 &mgr;m and the amount of the active material per one surface of the collector is at least 240 g/m2. The compounding ratio of the lithium-manganese complex oxide in the composing material is preferably at least 80 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Takeshi Nakano, Kensuke Hironaka, Koji Higashimoto, Kenji Hara, Katsunori Suzuki, Tomohiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20020122983
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-ion secondary battery whose power characteristic has been improved without widening a battery size. A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 accommodates a winding group 6 and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution within a battery container 7. The winding group 6 is structured by winding a positive electrode using lithium manganate (Li1+xMn2−xO4 or Li1+xMn2−x−yAlyO4) where an average particle diameter of primary particles is in a range of from 0.1 &mgr;m to 2 &mgr;m as a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode using amorphous carbon as a negative electrode active material via a separator. The reaction area of the positive electrode active material is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Yuichi Takatsuka, Kensuke Hironaka, Takeshi Nakano, Youshin Yagi
  • Publication number: 20020102460
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery which has high safety while maintaining high capacity and high power. A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 is provided in a battery lid which is a portion of a battery container with a cleavage valve 11 which cleaves at a predetermined pressure, and includes an electrode winding group 6 prepared by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, connection portions for connecting the electrode winding group 6 to respective electrode terminals, and non-aqueous electrolytic solution therein. As a positive electrode active material, lithium manganate where the amount of elution of manganese into the non-aqueous electrolytic solution is 5% or less based on the lithium manganate in a region where an electrode potential to metal lithium is 4.8V or more is used. As a negative electrode active material, graphite in/from which lithium ions can be occluded/released according to charging and discharging is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Youshin Yagi, Kensuke Hironaka
  • Publication number: 20010031391
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery that can prevent a drop in the power even in a large current discharge is provided. Porosity of a separator is larger than or the same as porosity of a positive electrode mixture and a porosity of a negative electrode mixture. Particularly, the porosity of the positive electrode mixture is 20% to 50%, the porosity of the negative electrode mixture is 20% to 50%, and the porosity of the separator is 20% to 60%. The separator becomes rich in the volume of the electrolytic solution that infiltrates into interfacial aperture between the separator and the negative electrode. When the large current discharge is carried out in a short time, lithium-ions are released/occluded from the electrodes and the electrolytic solution can gain the released/occluded lithium-ions with a small interfacial resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Hironaka, Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Yuichi Takatsuka, Kenji Hara, Tomohiro Iguchi, Katsunori Suzuki, Koji Higashimoto, Takeshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 4758482
    Abstract: An enclosed type lead battery comprises in combination:a cap formed of a synthetic resin, which is integrally formed with anodec and cathodec terminals formed of lead or a lead alloy inserted therein and an exhaust portion to which a safety valve is attached,a plate stack having its ears connected to said terminals, andan enclosure formed of a film or sheet made of a synthetic resin, in which said plate stack is placed, and which is thermally fused at the peripheral edge of its opening to said cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Yamana, Tomoyuki Ohkura, Akira Ishiodori, Yoshimi Yabui, Yutaka Suzuki, Masayoshi Aoki, Mikio Oguma, Masatoshi Takasu, Akio Komaki, Takumi Hayakawa, Kensuke Hironaka, Hironao Wada, Satoshi Matsubayashi