Patents by Inventor Kenta UEHIRA

Kenta UEHIRA 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: 20230100420
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to one aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device including: a negative electrode including a negative electrode material layer; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an unsaturated cyclic carbonate, in which the negative electrode material layer contains a solid graphite particle with an aspect ratio of 1 or more and 5 or less, and the amount of substance of the unsaturated cyclic carbonate with respect to a surface area of the negative active material layer is 0.03 mmol/m2 or more and 0.08 mmol/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki KAWAGUCHI, Keiji SHIMOMURA, Masashi TAKANO, Kenta UEHIRA
  • Publication number: 20230006188
    Abstract: An energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a negative electrode including a negative substrate made of pure aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a conductive layer directly or indirectly layered on the negative substrate and containing a conductive agent, and a negative active material layer containing a negative active material capable of occluding lithium ions at a potential of 0.05 V vs. Li/Li+ or lower; and a positive electrode opposed to the negative electrode and including a positive substrate and a positive active material layer directly or indirectly layered on the positive substrate, and the negative active material layer is layered on the negative substrate and the conductive layer so as to include a region in contact with the negative substrate and a region in contact with the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ukyo HARINAGA, Masashi TAKANO, Kenta UEHIRA, Tomonori KAKO
  • Publication number: 20220320568
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an energy storage device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: housing, in a case, an electrode assembly in which a negative electrode and a positive electrode are stacked; housing an electrolyte solution in the case; housing a gas, soluble in the electrolyte solution, in the case after the electrolyte solution is housed in the case; and sealing the case in a state where the gas soluble in the electrolyte solution is housed in the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta UEHIRA, Masashi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210296645
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device including: a positive electrode having a positive composite layer including a positive active material; a negative electrode having a negative composite layer including a negative active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte including a nonaqueous solvent, in which the positive active material includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel as a transition metal and has a layered ?-NaFeO2-type crystal structure, a ratio (N/P) between mass (N) per unit area of the negative active material and mass (P) per unit area of the positive active material is 0.30 or more and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomonori KAKO, Masashi TAKANO, Kenta UEHIRA