Patents by Inventor Machiko Tsukiji

Machiko Tsukiji 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: 20140186711
    Abstract: In an alkaline secondary battery including a gelled negative electrode containing zinc alloy powder, an aspect ratio of a particle of the zinc alloy powder is within a range of 2.0-2.4, and the zinc alloy contains 150-350 ppm of bismuth, and 600-1500 ppm of indium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Jun Nunome, Fumio Kato, Machiko Tsukiji
  • Patent number: 8709646
    Abstract: In an alkaline battery in which a positive electrode 2 made of manganese dioxide and a negative electrode 3 are contained in a cylindrical battery case 1 having a closed bottom with a separator 4 interposed between the positive and negative electrodes 2 and 3, and an opening 1b of the battery case 1 is sealed via a sealing plate with a gasket 5 interposed between the battery case 1 and the sealing plate, a thickness of a body 1a of the battery case 1 is in a range of 0.10-0.17 mm, and a half-width of a 110 plane of the manganese dioxide measured by powder X-ray diffraction is in a range of 2.30-2.70 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Nunome, Fumio Kato, Machiko Tsukiji
  • Publication number: 20130236775
    Abstract: In an alkaline battery in which a positive electrode 2 made of manganese dioxide and a negative electrode 3 are contained in a cylindrical battery case 1 having a closed bottom with a separator 4 interposed between the positive and negative electrodes 2 and 3, and an opening 1b of the battery case 1 is sealed via a sealing plate with a gasket 5 interposed between the battery case 1 and the sealing plate, a thickness of a body 1a of the battery case 1 is in a range of 0.10-0.17 mm, and a half-width of a 110 plane of the manganese dioxide measured by powder X-ray diffraction is in a range of 2.30-2.70 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Nunome, Fumio Kato, Machiko Tsukiji
  • Publication number: 20130017423
    Abstract: An alkaline secondary battery including: a hollow cylindrical positive electrode; a negative electrode containing zinc as an active material; a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an alkaline electrolytic solution; and a battery case containing the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the alkaline electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode has a porosity of 34% or higher, and the separator is a hydrophilized microporous polyolefin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Machiko TSUKIJI, Jun Nunome, Miyuki Nakai, Fumio Kato
  • Publication number: 20120208051
    Abstract: An alkaline secondary battery of the present invention includes: a cylindrical battery case 1 which has a closed end and is provided with a positive electrode terminal 8; a cylindrical positive electrode 2 accommodated in the cylindrical battery case; a negative electrode 3 arranged in a hollow portion of the positive electrode; a separator 4 arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an alkaline electrolyte solution accommodated in the cylindrical battery case, wherein a sealing body provided with a negative electrode terminal 9 hermetically seals an opening of the battery case, and the sealing body has a current cut-off mechanism configured to cut off current conduction between the negative electrode and the negative electrode terminal when internal pressure reaches a predetermined pressure P1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Machiko Tsukiji, Fumiharu Sakashita, Masatoshi Hano, Fumlo Kato
  • Patent number: 8153488
    Abstract: Manufacturing a nonvolatile storage device including: stacking a first electrode film forming a first electrode and a first storage unit film forming a first storage unit on a substrate; processing the first electrode film and the first storage unit film into a strip shape; burying a sacrifice layer between the processed first electrode films and between the processed first storage unit films; forming a second electrode film forming a second electrode on the first storage unit film and the sacrifice layer; forming a mask layer on the second electrode film; processing the second electrode film into a strip shape using the mask layer; removing a portion of the first storage unit film exposed from the sacrifice layer using the mask layer processing the first storage unit film into a columnar shape, removing the sacrifice layer exposing the first storage unit film; and removing the exposed first storage unit film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhito Nishitani, Eiji Ito, Machiko Tsukiji, Hiroyuki Fukumizu, Naoya Hayamizu, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20100248431
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nonvolatile storage device including: a plurality of first electrodes aligning in a first direction; a plurality of second electrodes aligning in a second direction nonparallel to the first direction and provided above the first electrodes; and a first storage unit provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first storage layer, a resistance of the first storage layer changing by at least one of an applied electric field and an applied current, the method includes: stacking a first electrode film forming a first electrode and a first storage unit film forming a first storage unit on a major surface of a substrate; processing the first electrode film and the first storage unit film into a strip shape aligning in the first direction; burying a sacrifice layer between the processed first electrode films and between the processed first storage unit films; forming a second electrode film forming a second electrode on the first storage unit film and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuhito NISHITANI, Eiji Ito, Machiko Tsukiji, Hiroyuki Fukumizu, Naoya Hayamizu, Katsuhiro Sato