Patents by Inventor Masataka OYAMA

Masataka OYAMA 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: 10573890
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including: granulated bodies in which primary particles are aggregated, wherein an average particle diameter of the granulated bodies is 0.90 ?m or more and 2.00 ?m or less, particle diameters of 90% or more of the granulated bodies are 0.25 ?m or more and 3.50 ?m or less, wherein particle diameters of the granulated bodies are evaluated such that 300 granulated bodies are randomly selected from a view of the granulated bodies using a scanning electron microscope, a plurality of diameters of each of the 300 granulated bodies that pass through a central point thereof are evaluated, and a maximum diameter selected from said plurality of diameters is considered as a particle diameter of each of the granulated bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Ryuuta Yamaya, Takao Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10566622
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the cathode material including: secondary particles which are granulated active material particles including central particles and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, wherein a granulated body breakage degree ((a?b)/a) of the secondary particles is 0.03 or more and 0.30 or less, and the granulated body breakage degree is calculated based on a relative particle amount a, at which a maximum peak is shown in a particle size distribution of the secondary particles, and a relative particle amount b, at which a maximum peak in a particle size distribution of the secondary particles is shown after a dispersion treatment of the secondary particles is performed using a homogenizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Takao Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10566621
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte, in which the lithium-ion secondary battery includes inorganic phosphate particles, and the cathode includes cathode active material particles which include central particles made of LixAyMzPO4 (0?x?1.1, 0.8?y?1.1, and 0?z?0.2; here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Co, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and rare earth elements) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Takao Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190305304
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an electrode material for a lithium ion battery capable of decreasing a metal elution amount even when an electrode active material having a large specific surface area is used as the electrode material and capable of obtaining a lithium ion battery in which a decrease in a capacity caused by storage at a high temperature in a fully charged state is suppressed and a lithium ion battery. The electrode material for a lithium ion battery includes electrode active material particles and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the electrode active material particles, in which a tap density is 0.95 g/cm3 or more and 1.6 g/cm3 or less, and a volume ratio of micro pores to a total volume that is evaluated from nitrogen adsorption measurement is 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru OSHITARI, Masataka OYAMA, Ryuuta YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20190305364
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium ion secondary battery enabling diffusion of lithium ions in a two-dimensional direction or a three-dimensional direction in crystals is provided. The cathode material is formed by coating a surface of a central particle represented by-the Formula LixFe1?y?zAyMzPO4 with a carbonaceous film, in which a content of a carbon atom is 0.3% by mass or more and 3.4% by mass or less, and, in a Moessbauer spectrum obtained by Moessbauer spectroscopy, when an area intensity of a spectrum having an isomer shift value in a range of 1.0 mm/sec or more and 1.4 mm/sec or less is represented by ?, and an area intensity of a spectrum having an isomer shift value in a range of 0.3 mm/sec or more and 0.7 mm/sec or less is represented by ?, {?/((?+?)×(1?y?z)} is 0.01 or more and 0.1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Satoru OSHITARI, Ryuuta YAMAYA, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10290856
    Abstract: A cathode material including an aggregate formed by aggregating active material particles, in which the active material particle is a particle including a cathode active material as a formation material and a carbonaceous material is provided on a surface of the particle, a ratio between a weight ratio of carbon contained in the aggregate to a BET specific surface area of the cathode material is in a range of 0.08 to 0.2, a tap density is in a range of 0.9 g/cm3 to 1.5 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount for which N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is used is 70 cc/100 g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Satoru Oshitari, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20190103611
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including: granulated bodies in which primary particles are aggregated, wherein an average particle diameter of the granulated bodies is 0.90 ?m or more and 2.00 ?m or less, particle diameters of 90% or more of the granulated bodies are 0.25 ?m or more and 3.50 ?m or less, wherein particle diameters of the granulated bodies are evaluated such that 300 granulated bodies are randomly selected from a view of the granulated bodies using a scanning electron microscope, a plurality of diameters of each of the 300 granulated bodies that pass through a central point thereof are evaluated, and a maximum diameter selected from said plurality of diameters is considered as a particle diameter of each of the granulated bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Ryuuta YAMAYA, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190103610
    Abstract: A cathode material fora lithium-ion secondary battery which includes granulated bodies in which primary particles are aggregated, wherein an average particle diameter of the granulated bodies is 4.50 ?m or more and 6.20 ?m or less, and particle diameters of 90% or more of the granulated bodies are 1.00 ?m or more and 11.00 ?m or less, wherein particle diameters of the granulated bodies are evaluated such that 300 granulated bodies are randomly selected from a view of the granulated bodies using a scanning electron microscope, a plurality of diameters of each of the 300 granulated bodies that pass through a central point thereof are evaluated, and a maximum diameter selected from the plurality of diameters is considered as a particle diameter of each of granulated bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190097230
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the cathode material including: secondary particles which are granulated active material particles including central particles and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, wherein a granulated body breakage degree ((a?b)/a) of the secondary particles is 0.03 or more and 0.30 or less, and the granulated body breakage degree is calculated based on a relative particle amount a, at which a maximum peak is shown in a particle size distribution of the secondary particles, and a relative particle amount b, at which a maximum peak in a particle size distribution of the secondary particles is shown after a dispersion treatment of the secondary particles is performed using a homogenizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10193155
    Abstract: A cathode material which does not easily deteriorate when used in batteries, a method for producing cathode materials, a cathode, and a lithium ion battery are provided. A cathode material including a cathode active material, in which the cathode active material is expressed by Li1+xAyDzPO4 (here, A represents one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, Y, and rare earth elements, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0?z<1.5, and 0.9<y+z?1), and, in thermogravimetric analysis in an inert gas atmosphere, when a temperature is increased in a temperature range from 100° C. to 300° C. at a temperature-increase rate of 10° C./minute, a weight loss ratio in the temperature range is 0.3% by weight or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Satoru Oshitari, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Patent number: 10164241
    Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery of the present invention is an electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery formed by coating a surface of an electrode active material represented by General Formula LiFexMn1-x-yMyPO4 (here, M represents at least one element selected from Mg, Ca, Co, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and rare earth elements, 0.05?x?1.0, 0?y?0.14) with a carbonaceous film, in which an angle of repose is in a range of 35° or more and 50° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20180309128
    Abstract: A cathode material is provided which comprises secondary particles of cathode active material particles including central particles of LixFeyMzPO4 and a carbonaceous film which coats the central particles, wherein a particle size distribution thereof has maximum values of a relative particle amount on both fine and coarse particle sides. A particle diameter with the maximum relative particle amount on the fine particle side is in a range A of 0.70 ?m to 2.00 ?m, and a particle diameter with the maximum relative particle amount on the coarse particle side is in a range B of 7.00 ?m to 15.00 ?m. A difference between maximum values of a relative particle amount is 2.00% to 6.00%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Koji OONO, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10109861
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention includes central particles represented by LixAyMzPO4 and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, an average value of R values (I1580/I1360), which are ratios of a peak intensity (I1580) of a spectrum at a frequency band of 1,580±50 cm?1 to a peak intensity (I1360) of the spectrum at a frequency band of 1,360±50 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum analysis, measured at five points is 0.80 or more and 1.10 or less, and a standard deviation of the R values measured at five points is 0.010 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Takao Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20180286316
    Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes: a display panel having an outer shape that is curved as a whole and is partially provided with multiple linear outer edge portions; and a circuit member including a main part and multiple branches coupled with the main part. Each of the linear outer edge portions is provided with a terminal on the front surface side of the display panel. The main part is provided with a driver. Each of the branches is provided with a conductive line that electrically couples the driver and the terminal. Each of ends of the branches is attached to the corresponding linear outer edge portion and is bent along the corresponding linear outer edge portion from the front surface side toward the back surface of the display panel. The main part is disposed on the back surface side of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuzo YUKI, Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiromi ENOMOTO, Kazuyoshi MAEDA, Haruhito KAGAWA, Koji MICHIBAYASHI, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Takashi KUBO, Masataka OYAMA
  • Patent number: 10090517
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery includes a cathode material A which includes central particles of a cathode active material represented by LixAyMzPO4 and a carbonaceous film with which surfaces of the central particles are coated and a cathode material B which is represented by LixAyMzPO4 and is made of primary particles of a cathode active material having an olivine structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Takao Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20180277845
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention is active material particles including central particles represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 (0.9<x<1.1, 0<y?1, 0?z<1, and 0.9<y+z<1.1; here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, and D represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, in which a coarse particle ratio in a particle size distribution is 35% or more and 65% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuuta YAMAYA, Masataka OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180277846
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention includes active material secondary particles formed by aggregating central particles including primary particles of a cathode active material represented by General Formula LiaAxBO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni, B represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, and S, 0?a<4, and 0<x<1.5) and a carbonaceous film, wherein at least a portion of surfaces of the primary particles are coated with the carbonaceous film, and the carbonaceous film is obtained by thermal decomposition of an organic compound, in which, in a charge and discharge cycle test at 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kouji OONO, Hirofumi Yasumiishi, Masataka OYAMA, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10074853
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide an electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery capable of improving the battery characteristics, durability, and stability of a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, an electrode for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, and a lithium-ion rechargeable battery. [Means] An electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery of the present invention is an electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery formed by coating the surface of an electrode active material represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents at least one element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 1?x?1.1, 0<y?1, 0?z<1, 0.9<y+z?1) with a carbonaceous film, in which a saturated adsorbed moisture amount in a carbonaceous film single body, which is detected in a temperature range of room temperature or more and 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuuta Yamaya, Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama
  • Patent number: 10014522
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including cathode active material particles which have central particles made of LixAyMzPO4 (0?x?1.1, 0.8?y?1.1, and 0?z?0.2; here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Co, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and rare earth elements) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles; and inorganic phosphate salt particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Takao Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20180097231
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention is active material particles including central particles represented by LixAyMzPO4 and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, in which a median diameter is 0.50 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less, and a chromaticity b* in an L*a*b* color space is 1.9 or more and 2.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Takao KITAGAWA