Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Tanaami

Kiyoshi Tanaami 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: 11949111
    Abstract: In a lithium ion secondary battery (1), a positive electrode (2) and a negative electrode (3) are alternately adjacent to each other via separators (4) and (5). The positive electrode (2) includes a positive electrode current collector composed of a metal porous body, a first positive electrode active material (21) held on one side of the positive electrode current collector, and a second positive electrode active material (22) held on the other side. The negative electrode (3) includes a negative electrode current collector composed of a metal porous body, a first negative electrode active material (31) held on one side of the negative electrode current collector, and a second negative electrode active material (32) held on the other side. The first positive electrode active material (21) faces the first negative electrode active material (31), and the positive electrode active material (22) faces the second negative electrode active material (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Akihisa Tanaka, Shintaro Aoyagi, Kazuki Okuno, Akihisa Hosoe, Kikuo Senoo, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 11942623
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode that is for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, includes a porous metal body as a current collector, contains a skeleton-forming agent highly infiltrated in the current collector so that it is less likely to suffer from structural degradation and provides improved cycle durability; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including such a negative electrode. The negative electrode for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector including a porous metal body; a first negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a conductive aid, a binder, and a negative electrode active material including a silicon-based material; and a second negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a skeleton-forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Yuji Isogai, Makiko Takahashi, Shintaro Aoyagi, Takashi Mukai, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Naoto Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11870074
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode that can suppress a deterioration in durability and improve energy density, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode, comprising: a collector formed of a porous metal body, and a negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body, wherein the negative electrode material comprises a negative electrode active material formed of a silicon-based material, a skeleton-forming agent comprising a silicate having a siloxane bond, a conductivity aid, and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Makiko Takahashi, Tomohiro Kinoshita, Shintaro Aoyagi, Yuji Isogai, Takashi Mukai, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Naoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220246905
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode that is for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, includes a porous metal body as a current collector, contains a skeleton-forming agent highly infiltrated in the current collector so that It is less likely to suffer from structural degradation and provides improved cycle durability; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including such a negative electrode. The negative electrode for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a current collector including a porous metal body; a first negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a conductive aid, a binder, and a negative electrode active material including a silicon-based material; and a second negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body and including a skeleton-forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Yuji Isogai, Makiko Takahashi, Shintaro Aoyagi, Takashi Mukai, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Naoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220246919
    Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, by which durability deterioration and structural deterioration of the electrode is suppressed, and cycle durability and energy density can be improved by suppressing generation of voids in the inside of the porous metal, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same. A negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, having a current collector made of porous metal, and a negative electrode material placed in pores of the porous metal, the negative electrode material including a first negative electrode active material placed on an internal surface of each of the pores and including a silicon-based material; a skeleton forming agent placed on the first negative electrode active material and including a silicate having a siloxane bond; and a second negative electrode active material placed on the skeleton forming agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Yuji ISOGAI, Makiko TAKAHASHI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Takashi MUKAI, Yuta IKEUCHI, Taichi SAKAMOTO, Naoto YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220246942
    Abstract: There is provided an electrode including: a current collector; an electrode material mixture; a plate-shaped metal body having a through-hole formed therethrough; a resin provided inside the through-hole; and an electrode tab, the current collector being a porous metal body, the current collector having pores filled with the electrode material mixture, the electrode tab being an extending portion extending from the plate-shaped metal body, wherein the current collector has an inner region in which the through-hole of the metal plate-shaped body is located in top view. There is also provided an electricity storage device including the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya TANIUCHI, Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Masahiro OHTA, Toshiyuki ARIGA, Toshimitsu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220246904
    Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, by which the structural deterioration of the electrode is suppressed and cycle characteristics can be improved by absorbing the expansion and contraction of a silicon-based active material placed in the inside of a current collector made of porous metal, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same. A negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, having a current collector made of porous metal, and a negative electrode material placed in pores of the porous metal, the negative electrode material including a negative electrode active material including a silicon-based material; a skeleton forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond; a conductive additive; a binder; and a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Toshimitsu TANAKA, Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Takashi MUKAI, Yuta IKEUCHI, Taichi SAKAMOTO, Naoto YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220246944
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries in which an electrode material mixture is packed in porous metal, which electrode has excellent penetration of electrolyte solution and improved ion diffusivity. The electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries includes a current collector made of porous metal; and an electrode layer including an electrode material mixture including at least an electrode active material, in which the current collector is filled with the electrode material mixture, the current collector has an intermediate region and two surface regions in its thickness direction and m the electrode layer, the intermediate region has a porosity lower than that of the two surface region, and the intermediate region is filled with a first electrode active material, and the two surface regions are filled with a second electrode active material having a particle size larger than that of the first electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Yuji ISOGAI, Masahiro OHTA, Takuya TANIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220238891
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode including: a current, collector; an electrode material mixture; and an electrode tab, the current collector being a porous metal body having a region A and a region B with a porosity lower than that of the region A, the region A having pores filled with the electrode material mixture, the electrode tab being fixed on the region B, the region A having a subregion A1 and a subregion A2 with a porosity lower than that of the subregion A1, the subregion A2 being more distant from the electrode tab than the subregion A1. Also provided is an electricity storage device including the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Yuji ISOGAI, Kazuki OKUNO, Akihisa HOSOE, Hiroshi TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220231288
    Abstract: To provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode which enables suppressing durability deterioration, improving cycle durability and energy density, and suppressing the rupture of the conductive paths of a current collector comprising a porous metal body in a region which is the boundary between a coated region with an electrode mixture and an uncoated region (electrode mixture boundary region) and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Yuji ISOGAI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Takuya TANIUCHI, Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20220231299
    Abstract: To provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which enables to suppress durability deterioration, improve energy density, and further suppress a decrease in the function of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery cell. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode; and a negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode has: a current collector comprising a porous metal body; and a negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body, the negative electrode material comprises a negative electrode active material comprising a silicon-based material, a skeleton-forming agent comprising a silicate having a siloxane bond, a conductive auxiliary, and a binder, and a content of the skeleton-forming agent in an outside in a surface direction of the negative electrode is higher than a content of the skeleton-forming agent in an inside in the surface direction of the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Yuji Isogai, Shintaro Aoyagi, Makiko Takahashi, Tomohiro Kinoshita, Takashi Mukai, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Naoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220231329
    Abstract: To provide a current collecting structure capable of reliably collecting current while maintaining a pressurized and constrained state of a coin-type all-solid-state battery. A coin-type all-solid-state battery includes a solid electrolyte layer; a pair of first electrode current collectors each including a metal porous body, the first electrode current collectors being respectively disposed on both sides of the solid electrolyte layer; a pair of second electrode current collectors each including a metal porous body, the second electrode current collectors being respectively disposed on outer sides of the first electrode current collectors; and a pair of lid members being respectively disposed on outer sides of the pair of second electrode current collectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiyuki ARIGA, Takuya TANIUCHI, Masahiro OHTA, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Kiyoshi TANAAMI
  • Publication number: 20220231302
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode including: a current collector; and an electrode material mixture, the current collector being a porous metal body, the current collector having pores filled with the electrode material mixture, the electrode material mixture including an electrode active material and porous aggregates of a conductive aid. Also provided is an electricity storage device including: the electrode; and an electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Yuji ISOGAI
  • Publication number: 20220216508
    Abstract: To provide an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery that can improve the diffusivity of lithium ions in an electrode material mixture when a metal porous body is used as a current collector, thereby improving the output characteristics and durability of the battery. A positive electrode 1 and a negative electrode 2, which are electrodes, respectively include a current collector 11 and a current collector 21 each including a metal porous body having communicating pores V, and an electrode material mixture 13 and an electrode material mixture 23, with which at least the pores V of the metal porous body are filled. At least an electrode active material and ionic conductor particles are dispersed in the electrode material mixtures 13 and 23. The ionic conductor particles are preferably oxide solid electrolyte particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Toshimitsu TANAKA, Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Takuya TANIUCHI, Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20220013783
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode that can suppress a deterioration in durability and improve energy density, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode, comprising: a collector formed of a porous metal body, and a negative electrode material disposed in pores of the porous metal body, wherein the negative electrode material comprises a negative electrode active material formed of a silicon-based material, a skeleton-forming agent comprising a silicate having a siloxane bond, a conductivity aid, and a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Makiko TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro KINOSHITA, Shintaro AOYAGI, Yuji ISOGAI, Takashi MUKAI, Yuta IKEUCHI, Taichi SAKAMOTO, Naoto YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210376404
    Abstract: To provide a battery cell structure capable of improving heat dissipation without degradation of an energy density and an obstacle to size reduction while an electrode layer of a battery cell has sufficient heat transfer properties. The present invention relates to a cell structure including a positive/negative electrode formed in such a manner that a conductive base member having a three-dimensional structure contains an electrode active material and a collector formed continuously to the positive/negative electrode. One surface of the collector is formed continuously in a longitudinal direction of the positive/negative electrode (across a large area), and the other surface of the collector is exposed in a longitudinal direction of the cell structure (across a large area).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Yuji ISOGAI
  • Publication number: 20210313574
    Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery capable of obtaining a lithium ion secondary battery having a high capacity and excellent charge-and-discharge cycle characteristics. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery (1) includes: a current collector (3) composed of a metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure (2); and a negative electrode active material (4) held on the current collector (3). An overcoat layer (5) covering an outer surface of the current collector (3) is included, and the overcoat layer (5) includes hard carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tanaami, Akihisa Tanaka, Shintaro Aoyagi, Kazuki Okuno, Akihisa Hosoe, Kikuo Senoo, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Publication number: 20210288325
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode which can improve a battery life as compared with a conventional one, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including it and a method for manufacturing it. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode includes: a collector; and a negative electrode layer formed on the collector, the negative electrode layer includes a negative electrode active material, a conductivity aid, a binder and a skeleton-forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond or a phosphate having a phosphate bond and the skeleton-forming agent is arranged on at least the interface of the negative electrode layer with the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Makiko Takahashi, Kiyoshi Tanaami, Tomohiro Kinoshita, Shintaro Aoyagi, Takashi Mukai, Yuta Ikeuchi, Taichi Sakamoto, Naoto Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210288323
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material which can improve a battery life as compared with a conventional one, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode including such a negative electrode material and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including such a negative electrode. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material that includes a negative electrode active material formed of a silicon-based material a skeleton-forming agent including a silicate having a siloxane bond and an interface layer formed in an interface between the negative electrode active material and the skeleton-forming agent and formed of an inorganic material, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode including it and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Makiko TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro KINOSHITA, Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Takashi MUKAI, Yuta IKEUCHI, Taichi SAKAMOTO, Naoto YAMASHI TA
  • Publication number: 20210288328
    Abstract: To provide an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery being an electrode for obtaining a lithium ion secondary battery including a foamed metal as a current collector and having a high energy density, and further capable of improving durability and input/output characteristics (output density), and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery. A porous coating layer is disposed on an electrode layer of the electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery using a current collector made of a foamed metal, an electrolytic solution extruded from the electrode layer due to expansion of a negative electrode active material can be absorbed and trapped in the coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Yuji ISOGAI, Makiko TAKAHASHI, Shintaro AOYAGI