Patents by Inventor Masaaki Hirayama

Masaaki Hirayama 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: 11834695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for simply diagnosing the progress of disease condition of a Parkinson's disease patient. Provided are a method for determining Parkinson's disease using the number of one or more intestinal bacteria selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides fragilis group, Lactobacillus brevis, and Lactobacillus plantarum subgroup and/or the total number of intestinal bacteria as a marker, and a method for determining Parkinson's disease using the blood LPS level and/or the blood LBP level of a Parkinson's disease patient as an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirokazu Tsuji, Takashi Asahara, Koji Nomoto, Masaaki Hirayama, Kinji Ohno
  • Patent number: 11152641
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte material which has a composition that does not contain Ge, while having a smaller Li content than conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, and which has both lithium ion conductivity and chemical stability at the same time. A sulfide solid electrolyte which has a crystal structure represented by composition formula (Li3.45+??4?Sn?)(Si0.36Sn0.09)(P0.55??Si?)S4 (wherein ??0.67, ??0.33 and 0.43<?+? (provided that 0.23<??0.4 when ?=0.2 and 0.13<??0.4 when ?=0.3 may be excluded)), or a crystal structure represented by composition formula Li7+?Si?P1??S6 (wherein 0.1??<0.3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Kota Suzuki, Yulong Sun, Satoshi Hori
  • Publication number: 20210010052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for simply diagnosing the progress of disease condition of a Parkinson's disease patient. Provided are a method for determining Parkinson's disease using the number of one or more intestinal bacteria selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides fragilis group, Lactobacillus brevis, and Lactobacillus plantarum subgroup and/or the total number of intestinal bacteria as a marker, and a method for determining Parkinson's disease using the blood LPS level and/or the blood LBP level of a Parkinson's disease patient as an indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirokazu TSUJI, Takashi ASAHARA, Koji NOMOTO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kinji OHNO
  • Patent number: 10461363
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material has favorable ion conductivity and resistance to reduction. The sulfide solid electrolyte material includes a peak at a position of 2?=29.86°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and a composition of Li2y+3PS4 (0.1?y?0.175).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Kota Suzuki, Satoshi Hori, Yuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20190237801
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte material which has a composition that does not contain Ge, while having a smaller Li content than conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, and which has both lithium ion conductivity and chemical stability at the same time. A sulfide solid electrolyte which has a crystal structure represented by composition formula (Li3.45+??4?Sn?)(Si0.36Sn0.09)(P0.55??Si?)S4 (wherein ??0.67, ??0.33 and 0.43<?+? (provided that 0.23<??0.4 when ?=0.2 and 0.13<??0.4 when ?=0.3 may be excluded)), or a crystal structure represented by composition formula Li7+?Si?P1??S6 (wherein 0.1??<0.3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kota SUZUKI, Yulong SUN, Satoshi HORI
  • Patent number: 10355308
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity, in which charge and discharge efficiency may be inhibited from decreasing. The object is attained by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, including: a Li element; a P element; and a S element, characterized in that the material has a peak at a position of 2?=30.21°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not substantially include a metallic element belonging to the third group to the sixteenth group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Yuki Kato, Takamasa Ohtomo, Hisatsugu Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20190074541
    Abstract: To provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material which does not include Ge and which has excellent electrochemical stability and high lithium ion conductivity. A sulfide solid electrolyte, including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte represented by the composition formula: Li4-4z-x[SnySi1-y]1+z-xPxS4 (where 0.5?x?0.6, y=0.2, and 0?z??0.2), wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at position 2?=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? radiation and does not have a peak at position 2?=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? radiation, or when the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at the position 2?=27.33°±0.50°, the value of IB/IA is less than 0.50 (where IA is the diffraction intensity of the 2?=29.58°±0.50° peak and IB is the diffraction intensity of the 2?=27.33°±0.50° peak).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kota SUZUKI, Yulong SUN
  • Patent number: 10033065
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having favorable ion conductivity and low reduction potential. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material including an M1 element (such as a Li element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element, a Si element and a P element) and a S element, wherein the material has a peak at a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? line; and when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2?=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2?=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 0.50, and M2 contains at least P and Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Yuki Kato, Takamasa Otomo, Mitsuru Sakano
  • Patent number: 10020537
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity. To achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of Li(4+x)AlxSi(1?x)S4 (0<x<1), and having a peak at a position of 2?=25.19°±1.00°, 29.62°±1.00°, 30.97°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Kota Suzuki, Huang Wenze
  • Patent number: 9929433
    Abstract: The problem is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity in a low-temperature environment. The problem is overcome by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M1 element (such as an Li element and an Mg element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element and a P element) and a S element, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a peak at a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, does not have a peak at a position of 2?=27.33°±0.50° or slightly having the peak, and a substituted amount ?(%) of the divalent element in the M1 element is in such a range that the sulfide solid electrolyte material exhibits higher Li ion conductance at 0° C. than the case of ?=0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Yuki Kato, Hisatsugu Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20170229732
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity. To achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of Li(4+x)AlxSi(1?x)S4 (0<x<1), and having a peak at a position of 2?=25.19°±1.00°, 29.62°±1.00°, 30.97°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kota SUZUKI, Huang WENZE
  • Publication number: 20170155168
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material has favorable ion conductivity and resistance to reduction. The sulfide solid electrolyte material includes a peak at a position of 2?=29.86°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and a composition of Li2y+3PS4 (0.1?y?0.175).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kota SUZUKI, Satoshi HORI, Yuki KATO
  • Patent number: 9491868
    Abstract: A conductive resin composition which includes (a) a curable resin and (b) hard spherical carbon formed by coating the surface of a spherical base carbon particle with fine carbon particles and/or pitch-derived fine carbon pieces is used to electrically bond two conductive elements. The conductive resin composition is supplied to a space between areas of at least two works respectively having the areas to be electrically connected to each other, and the conductive resin composition is cured while applying a pressure between the areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Onoue, Masaaki Hirayama, Yoshiki Aburatani
  • Publication number: 20160149258
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity, in which charge and discharge efficiency may be inhibited from decreasing. The object is attained by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, including: a Li element; a P element; and a S element, characterized in that the material has a peak at a position of 2?=30.21°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not substantially include a metallic element belonging to the third group to the sixteenth group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Yuki KATO, Takamasa OHTOMO, Hisatsugu YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 9263763
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity. The present invention attains the object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material including an M1 element (such as a Li element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element and a P element), a S element and an O element, and having a peak at a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, characterized in that when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2?=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2?=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirayama, Ryoji Kanno, Yuki Kato, Koji Kawamoto, Takamasa Otomo
  • Publication number: 20150357673
    Abstract: The problem is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity in a low-temperature environment. The problem is overcome by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M1 element (such as an Li element and an Mg element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element and a P element) and a S element, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a peak at a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, does not have a peak at a position of 2?=27.33°±0.50° or slightly having the peak, and a substituted amount ?(%) of the divalent element in the M1 element is in such a range that the sulfide solid electrolyte material exhibits higher Li ion conductance at 0° C. than the case of ?=0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoji KANNO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Yuki KATO, Hisatsugu YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150214572
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte whose reduction decomposition potential can be decreased more than a conventional LGPS-based sulfide solid electrolyte. The present invention is a sulfide solid electrolyte comprising Li, Al, Ge, P, and S, wherein M0=M2/M1 is 0<M0<0.323 where M1 is a mole fraction of contained P, and M2 is a mole fraction of contained Al, and in a case where each of X1 and X2 is an element selected from the group consisting of P, Ge, and Al, a crystal structure thereof includes an octahedron O formed by Li and S, a tetrahedron T1 formed by S and X1, and a tetrahedron T2 formed by S and X2, wherein the octahedron O and the tetrahedron T2 share a ridge, and the octahedron O and the tetrahedron T2 share an apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Kato, Takamasa Otomo, Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20150037687
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having favorable ion conductivity and low reduction potential. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material including an M1 element (such as a Li element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element, a Si element and a P element) and a S element, wherein the material has a peak at a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? line; and when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2?=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2?=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 0.50, and M2 contains at least P and Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Yuki Kato, Takamasa Otomo, Mitsuru Sakano
  • Publication number: 20140363745
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity. The present invention attains the object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material including an M1 element (such as a Li element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element and a P element), a S element and an O element, and having a peak at a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, characterized in that when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2?=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2?=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirayama, Ryoji Kanno, Yuki Kato, Koji Kawamoto, Takamasa Otomo
  • Patent number: 8697292
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having excellent ion conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M1 element (such as a Li element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element and a P element), and an S element; having a peak in a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? line; and having an IB/IA value of less than 0.50 when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2?=29.58°±0.50° is represented by IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2?=27.33°±0.50° is represented by IB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Yuki Kato, Koji Kawamoto, Shigenori Hama, Takamasa Otomo, Kunihiro Nobuhara