Patents by Inventor Kota Urabe

Kota Urabe 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: 20240120140
    Abstract: A plurality of through-hole conductors include a first through-hole conductor and a second through-hole conductor between coil conductors adjacent each other. Each of the first through-hole conductor and the second through-hole conductor includes a first end and a second end. The first end included in the second through-hole conductor is coupled to the second end included in the first through-hole conductor, and has a width larger than a width of the second end included in the first through-hole conductor. The first end included in the first through-hole conductor has a width larger than the width of the second end included in the first through-hole conductor. The second end included in the second through-hole conductor has a width smaller than the width of the first end included in the second through-hole conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki HAMACHI, Toshinori MATSUURA, Junichiro URABE, Kota OIKAWA, Yuto SHIGA, Youichi KAZUTA, Yuichi TAKUBO, Shunya SUZUKI, Xuran GUO, So KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240030421
    Abstract: Negative electrode active material particles of the present disclosure are Si particles with pores inside primary particles and having a clathrate type crystalline phase, and satisfying the following relationship: 0.061?V/W. Here, V is a volume of pores having a pore diameter of 10 nm or less and W is a half width of a peak at 2?=31.72°±0.50° in an X-ray diffraction test using CuK?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naohiro MASHIMO, Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Masanori HARATA, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Kota URABE, Tatsuya EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240030422
    Abstract: The main object of the disclosure is to provide electrode active material Si particles that can inhibit fluctuation in constraining pressure of a battery during charge-discharge. The electrode active material Si particles have clathrate-type Si and diamond-type Si in the same particles. The electrode active material Si particles preferably comprise diamond-type Si at an area % of 0.05 to 11.00 with respect to the entire electrode active material Si particles. Preferably, the clathrate-type Si at least partially has a clathrate type II structure. The electrode active material Si particles preferably have a porous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naohiro MASHIMO, Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Masanori HARATA, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Kota URABE, Tatsuya EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240021805
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides primarily a negative electrode active material with reduced volume change during charge-discharge. The negative electrode active material of the disclosure consists of clathrate-type Si particles comprising one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Mo, Fe, Zn, Mg, Pd, Zr, Ag, Co, Cr, Nb and V. A negative electrode active material layer according to the disclosure comprises the negative electrode active material of the disclosure, and a lithium-ion battery of the disclosure comprises the negative electrode active material layer of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Shinji NAKANISHI, Hisatsugu YAMASAKI, Natsuki KIKUCHI, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya EGUCHI, Masanori HARATA, Kota URABE
  • Publication number: 20240014388
    Abstract: A negative electrode body of the present disclosure is a negative electrode body for a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains Si particles having a clathrate type structure as a negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains 0.850 mass % to 5.000 mass % of Al with respect to a mass of the negative electrode active material layer, and wherein the Si particles contain 0.040 mass % to 0.250 mass % of Al with respect to a mass of the Si particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida, Shinji Nakanishi, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Eguchi, Masanori Harata, Kota Urabe, Tomohiro Niimi, Kayoko Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20230090390
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase, including a void inside a primary particle, and a void amount A of the void with a fine pore diameter of 100 nm or less is more than 0.15 cc/g and 0.40 cc/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida, Masanori Harata, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Kota Urabe, Tatsuya Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20230086351
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material includes: an alloying step of causing an Na source and an Si source to react to produce an Na—Si alloy containing Na and Si; and a silicon clathrate production step of heating the Na—Si alloy and reducing an amount of Na in the Na—Si alloy to produce a type-II silicon clathrate. Porous Si with a BET specific surface area of 20 m2/g or more is used as the Si source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Harata, Kazuhiro Niimura, Kota Urabe, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Eguchi, Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida