Patents by Inventor Koji Minamitani

Koji Minamitani 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: 20240083142
    Abstract: In laminating resin layers on both surfaces of a metal foil layer by adhering a heat-resistant resin layer to a first surface of the metal foil layer and adhering a heat-sealable resin layer to a second surface thereof, as an adhering method, by employing an adhesive agent unapplied portion forming and adhering process in which the resin layer and the metal foil layer are adhered together by applying an adhesive agent to a region of a joining face of both the layers excluding a part of the region so that an adhesive agent unapplied section is formed, a laminated body having the adhesive agent unapplied section is manufactured. A resin layer removal process for removing a resin layer corresponding to the adhesive agent unapplied section of the laminated body to expose the metal foil layer is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Koji MINAMITANI
  • Patent number: 11867471
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a bag-like outer packaging material. A heat medium flows into an inside of the outer packaging material via the heat medium inlet, passes through the inside, and flows out of the outer packaging material via the heat medium outlet. An inner core material is arranged in the inside of the outer packaging material. The outer packaging material has an outer packaging laminate material including a metal heat transfer layer and a resin thermal fusion layer on a surface side of the heat transfer layer. The outer packaging laminate materials form a bag shape by integrally joining the thermal fusion layers along the peripheral edge portions. The inner core material includes the inner core laminate material with a metal heat transfer layer and resin thermal fusion layers on surface sides of the heat transfer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Patent number: 11858251
    Abstract: In laminating resin layers on both surfaces of a metal foil layer by adhering a heat-resistant resin layer to a first surface of the metal foil layer and adhering a heat-sealable resin layer to a second surface thereof, as an adhering method, by employing an adhesive agent unapplied portion forming and adhering process in which the resin layer and the metal foil layer are adhered together by applying an adhesive agent to a region of a joining face of both the layers excluding a part of the region so that an adhesive agent unapplied section is formed, a laminated body having the adhesive agent unapplied section is manufactured. A resin layer removal process for removing a resin layer corresponding to the adhesive agent unapplied section of the laminated body to expose the metal foil layer is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RESONAC PACKAGING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Patent number: 11788794
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having an outer packaging body having an inlet, an outlet, a pair of opposing walls, and a corrugated inner fin disposed between the opposing walls and provided alternately and continuously with a concave portion and a convex portion. The outer packaging body is formed of an outer packaging laminate material in which a resin heat-fusible layer is provided on an inner surface side of a metal heat transfer layer. The inner fin is formed of an inner core laminate material in which a heat-fusible layer is provided on both surface sides of a metal heat transfer layer. The inner fin has a rectangular wave shape in which a concave bottom wall and a convex top wall are arranged parallel to the opposing walls, and a rising wall connecting the concave bottom wall and the convex top wall is arranged perpendicular to the opposing walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: RESONAC PACKAGING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Publication number: 20230243606
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an outer packaging member. The outer packaging member is configured to allow a heat transfer medium flowed to an inside of the outer packaging member from a heat transfer medium inlet to pass through the inside and flow out from a heat transfer medium outlet. The outer packaging member is made of outer packaging laminate materials each including a metal heat transfer layer and a resin thermal fusion layer provided on one surface of the heat transfer layer. The outer packaging laminate materials are superimposed one on the other. The thermal fusion layers are integrally bonded along peripheral edge portions of the outer packaging laminate materials. The heat transfer layer and the thermal fusion layer of the outer packaging laminate material are laminated via an inner adhesive agent layer made of an acid-modified polyolefin-based adhesive agent containing an acid-modified polyolefin-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MINAMITANI, Terutoshi KUMAKI
  • Publication number: 20230175794
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a bag-like outer packaging material. A heat medium flows into an inside of the outer packaging material via the heat medium inlet, passes through the inside, and flows out of the outer packaging material via the heat medium outlet. An inner core material is arranged in the inside of the outer packaging material. The outer packaging material has an outer packaging laminate material including a metal heat transfer layer and a resin thermal fusion layer on a surface side of the heat transfer layer. The outer packaging laminate materials form a bag shape by integrally joining the thermal fusion layers along the peripheral edge portions. The inner core material includes the inner core laminate material with a metal heat transfer layer and resin thermal fusion layers on surface sides of the heat transfer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji MINAMITANI
  • Patent number: 11592247
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a bag-like outer packaging material. A heat medium flows into an inside of the outer packaging material. An inner core material is arranged in the inside of the outer packaging material. The outer packaging material has an outer packaging laminate material including a metal heat transfer layer and a resin thermal fusion layer on a surface side of the heat transfer layer. The outer packaging laminate materials form a bag shape by integrally joining the thermal fusion layers along the peripheral edge portions. The inner core material includes the inner core laminate material with a metal heat transfer layer and resin thermal fusion layers on surface sides of the heat transfer layer. The thermal fusion layers of a concave portion bottom and a convex portion top of the inner core material and the thermal fusion layers of the outer packaging laminate material are integrally joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Patent number: 11527796
    Abstract: A package for a power storage device includes at least one laminated packaging material having first and second sections. The packaging material includes a metallic foil layer, a heat-resistant resin layer, and a heat-fusible resin layer. In a state in which the heat-fusible resin layers of the first and second sections are faced, peripheral edges thereof are heat-sealed to form a storage chamber for accommodating a device main body. One of the sections is extended outside the storage chamber to form a conductive flange having an exposed heat-fusible resin layer. The conductive flange is provided with an external conductive section in which the heat-fusible resin layer is partially removed to expose the metallic foil layer. The packaging material having the external conductive section is provided with an internal conductive section in the storage chamber in which the heat-fusible resin layer is partially removed to expose the metallic foil layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Publication number: 20210199384
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger capable of being efficiently and easily produced. The present invention is directed to a heat exchanger having an outer packaging body 1 having an inlet 16, an outlet 16, a pair of opposing walls, and a corrugated inner fin 2 disposed between the pair of opposing walls and provided alternately and continuously with a concave portion 25 and a convex portion 26. The outer packaging body 1 is formed of an outer packaging laminate material L1 in which a resin heat-fusible layer 52 is provided on an inner surface side of a metal heat transfer layer 51. The inner fin 2 is formed of an inner core laminate material L2 in which a heat-fusible layer 62 is provided on both surface sides of a metal heat transfer layer 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji MINAMITANI
  • Patent number: 10957954
    Abstract: The electrochemical device 40 includes a device main body 60 and an armoring body 50 for accommodating the device main body 60. The armoring body 50 is constituted by a laminated armoring material in which a heat-resistant resin layer 2 is adhered to a first surface of a metal foil layer 4 and a thermal fusion resin layer 3 is adhered to a second surface of the metal foil layer 4, and metal exposed sections 54 and 56 in which the metal foil layer 4 is exposed is formed at least on the heat-resistant resin layer 2 side which is an outer side of the laminated armoring material 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Patent number: 10756313
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a positive electrode part including a first metallic foil layer and a positive electrode active material layer partially laminated on one surface of the first metallic foil layer, a negative electrode part including a second metallic foil layer and a negative electrode active material layer partially laminated on one surface of the second metallic foil layer, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode part and the negative electrode part. The positive electrode active material layer is arranged between the first metallic foil layer and the separator, and the negative electrode active material layer is arranged between the second metallic foil layer and the separator. The peripheral regions of the one surfaces of the first and second metallic foil layers in which the positive and negative electrode active material layers are not formed are joined via a peripheral sealing layer containing a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Minamitani, Yuji Minamibori, Kensuke Nagata, Shunsuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20200083558
    Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery (1) includes a battery part (100) which performs charging and discharging using lithium ions, and a shell (30) for housing the battery part (100) in the interior thereof. The battery part (100) is configured by laminating: a first battery part (10) formed by laminating a first positive electrode layer (11), a first solid electrolyte layer (12), a first negative electrode layer (13) and a first negative electrode collector layer (14); and a second battery part (20) formed by laminating a second positive electrode layer (21), a second solid electrolyte layer (22), a second negative electrode layer (23) and a second negative electrode collector layer (24). In the shell (30), the first battery part (10) and the second battery part (20) are connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKAWAKI, Takaki YASUDA, Koji MINAMITANI
  • Publication number: 20200052342
    Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery (1) provided with: a battery unit (100) including a metal substrate (10) and a battery part (20) configured by laminating thin films on the substrate (10); and a shell (200) provided on the surface of the substrate (10), on which the battery part (20) is formed, to seal the substrate (10) and the battery unit (100). The shell (200) includes a laminated film (30) formed by laminating a metal layer (33) and various types of resin layers. Consequently, the thickness of the thin-film type lithium-ion rechargeable battery including a solid electrolyte is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaki YASUDA, Isao KABE, Koji MINAMITANI, Kensuke NAGATA
  • Patent number: 10559809
    Abstract: A first packaging material, a second packaging material, an electrode body having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are provided. A packaging member is formed having an electrode body chamber. A first inner conducting portion allows conduction to a first metal foil and a second inner conducting portion allows conduction to a second metal foil. In the electrode body chamber, electrode body is conducted to a first inner conducting portion in the positive electrode and the electrode body is conducted to a second inner conducting portion in the negative electrode. At least one of the pair of the first metal foil and the positive electrode current collector of the positive electrode and the pair of the second metal foil and the negative electrode current collector of the negative electrode is made of the same metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Nagata, Koji Minamitani
  • Publication number: 20200003505
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a bag-like outer packaging material. A heat medium flows into an inside of the outer packaging material. An inner core material is arranged in the inside of the outer packaging material. The outer packaging material has an outer packaging laminate material including a metal heat transfer layer and a resin thermal fusion layer on a surface side of the heat transfer layer. The outer packaging laminate materials form a bag shape by integrally joining the thermal fusion layers along the peripheral edge portions. The inner core material includes the inner core laminate material with a metal heat transfer layer and resin thermal fusion layers on surface sides of the heat transfer layer. The thermal fusion layers of a concave portion bottom and a convex portion top of the inner core material and the thermal fusion layers of the outer packaging laminate material are integrally joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji MINAMITANI
  • Patent number: 10516141
    Abstract: In an external member, peripheral edge regions of first and second metal foil layers are joined via a periphery sealing portion containing thermoplastic resin. A plurality of bare cells are arranged separately in internal spaces surrounded by the first metal foil layer, the second metal foil layer and the periphery sealing portion. The partition region of the first metal foil layer between adjacent bare cells and the partition region of the second metal foil layer between adjacent bare cells are joined via the partition sealing portion. Thus, the internal space is partitioned into a plurality of independent individual spaces. At each individual space, the first metal foil inner exposed portion and the positive electrode portion are connected electrically, and the negative electrode portion of the second metal foil inner exposed portion and the bare cell are connected electrically. The bare cell and electrolyte are encapsulated in each individual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Minamitani
  • Publication number: 20190348644
    Abstract: A high power battery 1 is provided with a case having two battery element chambers 51, 52 formed by being surrounded by a heat-sealed portion formed by arranging two laminate materials in which a heat resistant resin layer 13 is laminated on one surface of a metal foil 11 and a heat fusible resin layer 15 is laminated on the other surface of the metal foil 11 with the heat fusible resin layers 15 facing inward and fusing the heat fusible resin layers 15, and two battery elements 61, 62 accommodated in respective battery element chambers 51, 52 of the case. One of the laminate materials 22 of the case is provided with inner metal exposed portions 25, 26 through which a part of the metal foil 11 is exposed in respective battery element chambers, and two battery elements 61, 62 are connected in series via the inner metal exposed portion 25, 26 of one of the laminate materials 22 in the battery element chamber 51, 52 and a metal foil 11 of the one of the laminate materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji MINAMITANI
  • Publication number: 20190296389
    Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery (1) includes: a battery unit (50) including a metal substrate (5); a first battery part (10) formed on a front surface of the substrate (5) and a second battery part (20) formed on a back surface thereof; and a shell (30) that houses the first battery part (10) and the second battery part (20) therein. In the shell (30), a first metal layer (313) and a second metal layer (323) are connected to a first negative electrode collector layer (14) of the first battery part (10) and a second negative electrode collector layer (24) of the second battery part (20), respectively. Further, by connecting the first metal layer (313) and the second metal layer (323), the first battery part (10) and the second battery part (20) are connected in parallel within the shell (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., SHOWA DENKO PACKGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKAWAKI, Takaki YASUDA, Koji MINAMITANI
  • Publication number: 20190273225
    Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery 1 includes a battery part 10 which performs charging and discharging using lithium ions, and a shell 30 for housing the battery part 10 in the interior thereof. The shell 30 is constituted by thermally adhering a first laminated film 31 which includes a first metal layer 313 and a first thermo-adhesive resin layer 315, a second laminated film 32 which includes a second metal layer 323 and a second thermo-adhesive resin layer 325 by thermally adhering the first thermo-adhesive resin layer 315 and the second thermo-adhesive resin layer 325. Moreover, the positive electrode side of the battery part 10 is electrically connected to the first metal layer 313 of the first laminated film 31, and the negative electrode side of the battery part 10 is electrically connected to the second metal layer 323 of the second laminated film 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKAWAKI, Takaki YASUDA, Koji MINAMITANI
  • Publication number: 20190252717
    Abstract: A lithium-ion rechargeable battery (1) including: a battery unit (50) including a metal substrate (5) and a battery part (10) formed on a surface of the substrate (5); and a shell (30) for housing the battery part (10) in the interior thereof. The shell (30) includes a laminated film (31) that includes a metal layer (313) and a thermo-adhesive resin layer (315), the metal layer (313) is connected to a negative electrode collector layer (14) of the battery part (10), the substrate (5) functions as a positive external electrode of the battery part (10), and the metal layer (313) functions as a negative external electrode of the battery part (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K.K., SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKAWAKI, Takaki YASUDA, Koji MINAMITANI