Patents by Inventor Koichi Hiraoka

Koichi Hiraoka 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: 20240105396
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a doping method in which the status of the progress of a main reaction can be estimated in the lithium carbonate decomposition-type doping step of a nonaqueous lithium power storage element. The separation method, the doping method, and the doping apparatus according to the present disclosure include calculating a capacitor current density iC and an electrode reaction current density iR based on voltage and current of a cell that are measured during doping of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Hiraoka, Yuima Kimura, Ryusuke Okoshi, Yuji Asano, Sumire Jinno, Ryosuke Baba
  • Publication number: 20220190380
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element, comprising a voltage application step of applying a voltage to a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element precursor comprising a positive electrode precursor, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, housed in a casing, wherein a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode precursor comprises a positive electrode active material and an alkali metal compound other than the positive electrode active material, wherein comprising (1) pressurizing the precursor from outside thereof before the voltage application step or during the voltage application step, (2) heating the precursor before the voltage application step or during the voltage application step, (3) carrying out constant voltage charge of the precursor after constant current charge of the precursor in the voltage application step, and wherein (4) a C rate of the constant current charge is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Koichi Hiraoka, Hitoshi Morita, Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10886533
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Nobuhiro Okada, Koichi Hiraoka, Atsushi Hosokibara, Taku Suetomi
  • 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