Patents by Inventor Masataka Shikota

Masataka Shikota 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: 20230352745
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an electrode group having a flat structure including a flat portion, that includes a wound body and a fixing tape wound around the wound body. The wound body is configured of a stack wound 50 turns or more with a center thereof positioned along a first direction, where the stack includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. In a second direction intersecting a principal surface in the flat portion, a swollen-state thickness TS when impregnated with propylene carbonate and a dry thickness TD satisfy 1.01<TS/TD<1.02. A protrusion width W at both ends in the first direction, which corresponds to a clearance between the positive and negative electrode, is within a range of 0.4 mm or more and 1 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuaki MURASHI, Yoshihiro NIIDA, Yuki WATANABE, Yusuke NAMIKI, Masataka SHIKOTA
  • Patent number: 11362398
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1-a-bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10964926
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a fiber-made nonwoven fabric having a tortuosity of 1.8 to 3 and a vacancy of 40% to 60%. The negative electrode has an operating potential of 0.7 V or more with respect to the potential of metallic lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Aki Hasegawa, Dai Yamamoto, Masataka Shikota, Toshitada Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20210005863
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode material layer including a titanium-containing oxide. A logarithmic differential pore volume distribution curve of the separator obtained by a mercury intrusion method includes a first peak at which a pore diameter is in the range from 0.02 ?m to 0.15 ?m and second peak at which the pore diameter is in the range from 1.5 ?m to 30 ?m. A ratio P2I/P1I of a second peak intensity to a first peak intensity is more than 1.00 and not more than 3.00. The pore specific surface area of the separator is 70 m2/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshitada NAKAZAWA, Dai YAMAMOTO, Masataka SHIKOTA, Aki HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10741896
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a battery system. The battery system includes a first battery and a second battery connected in parallel with the first battery. The first battery includes a lead storage battery. The second battery includes a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode-mixture layer, and the negative-electrode-mixture layer contains lithium titanate. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material LiMn2-xM(a)xO4. A ratio of a battery capacity of the second battery to a battery capacity of the first battery is in a range of 1/133 to 1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Kazuya Kuriyama, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Masataka Shikota, Hiroki Inagaki, Yuichi Kikuma, Kengo Kurata, Hirotaka Hayashida, Yoshinao Tatebayashi
  • Publication number: 20200112011
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1-a-bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a ?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato SARUWATARI, Masataka SHIKOTA, Dai YAMAMOTO, Genki YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 10541398
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1?a?bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10483524
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Li-absorbing potential of 1 V vs. Li/Li+ or more. An electrical resistance of the negative electrode in a discharged state is within a range of 100 ?·cm to 100000 ?·cm. A pore volume ratio of pores having a pore diameter of 1 ?m or more in the separator is more than 70%. The pore volume ratio is determined from a cumulative pore volume frequency curve of the separator obtained by a mercury intrusion porosimetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidesato Saruwatari, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190334148
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a fiber-made nonwoven fabric having a tortuosity of 1.8 to 3 and a vacancy of 40% to 60%. The negative electrode has an operating potential of 0.7 V or more with respect to the potential of metallic lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Aki HASEGAWA, Dai YAMAMOTO, Masataka SHIKOTA, Toshitada NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 10461314
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including an electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The electrode group is formed by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The tension modulus of the separator in the winding direction is within a range of 200 (N/mm2) to 2,000 (N/mm2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Shikota, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180123119
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including an electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The electrode group is formed by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The tension modulus of the separator in the winding direction is within a range of 200 (N/mm2) to 2,000 (N/mm2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka SHIKOTA, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9893377
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The negative electrode of the battery includes a negative electrode active material which can absorb and release lithium ions at a negative electrode potential of 0.4 V (V.S. Li/Li+) or more. The battery satisfying the following equations (I) and (II): 1?Q2/Q1??(I) 0.5?C/A?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Masataka Shikota, Kazuko Takanezawa, Hiroki Inagaki, Yuichi Kikuma, Yoshiaki Asami
  • Publication number: 20170179486
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material containing LixNi1?a?bCoaMnbMcO2 (0.9<x?1.25, 0<a?0.4, 0?b?0.45, 0?c?0.1, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Zn, Zr, Ca, and Sn). The separator includes polyester. A pore volume in a pore size distribution according to a mercury intrusion porosimetry is in a range of 0.9 cm3/g to 3 cm3/g. An air permeability value according to a Gurley method is in a range of 2 sec/100 ml to 15 sec/100 ml.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidesato SARUWATARI, Masataka Shikota, Dai Yamamoto, Genki Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20160380257
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Li-absorbing potential of 1 V vs. Li/Li+ or more. An electrical resistance of the negative electrode in a discharged state is within a range of 100 ?·cm to 100000 ?·cm. A pore volume ratio of pores having a pore diameter of 1 ?m or more in the separator is more than 70%. The pore volume ratio is determined from a cumulative pore volume frequency curve of the separator obtained by a mercury intrusion porosimetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidesato SARUWATARI, Masataka SHIKOTA, Dai YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150380787
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a battery system. The battery system includes a first battery and a second battery connected in parallel with the first battery. The first battery includes a lead storage battery. The second battery includes a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode-mixture layer, and the negative-electrode-mixture layer contains lithium titanate. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material LiMn2-x(a)xO4. A ratio of a battery capacity of the second battery to a battery capacity of the first battery is in a range of 1/133 to 1/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Haruchika ISHII, Kazuya KURIYAMA, Toshihide ARIKAWA, Hirotada TAHARA, Masataka SHIKOTA, Hiroki INAGAKI, Yuichi KlKUMA, Kengo KURATA, Hirotaka HAYASHIDA, Yoshinao TATEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140147739
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a lithium titanium composite oxide having a spinel structure as a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the lithium titanium composite oxide that is the negative electrode active material has an average particle size based on a mass basis of 0.3 ?m or more but 0.9 ?m or less, and a lithium carbonate content rate of the negative electrode is 0.1% by mass or less per mass of the negative electrode active material, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAGAWA, Hidesato SARUWATARI, Masataka SHIKOTA, Kazuko NEWTON, Kazuya KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120156529
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a non-aqueous electrolyte battery with an improved cycle life. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode layer, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt. The negative electrode layer may contain a negative electrode active material which can insert and release lithium ions at 0.4 V or more (V.S. Li/Li+). The lithium salt may contains LiPF6 with a concentration of less than 50% (including 0%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Watanabe, Haruchika Ishii, Hiroki Inagaki, Masataka Shikota, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Kazuko Newton, Teruo Hiruma, Yoshiaki Asami, Yuichi Kikuma
  • Publication number: 20110076557
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The negative electrode of the battery includes a negative electrode active material which can absorb and release lithium ions at a negative electrode potential of 0.4 V (V.S. Li/Li+) or more. The battery satisfying the following equations (I) and (II): 1?Q2/Q1 ??(I) 0.5?C/A?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Haruchika Ishii, Toshihide Arikawa, Hirotada Tahara, Masataka Shikota, Kazuko Takanezawa, Hiroki Inagaki, Yuichi Kikuma, Yoshiaki Asami
  • Patent number: 7566515
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell containing an electricity-generating element with at least a cathode, a separator and an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte inside a cathode case, electrode units each consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each another via the separator laminated to form an electrode group, or an electrode unit in a sheet form consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each another via the separator wound to form an electrode group, or a sheet-shape cathode wrapped with the separator except for a part contacting at inner face of cathode case and a sheet-shaped anode set on the sheet-shaped cathode in a right angled position each other and bent alternately to form an electrode group, and the total sum of the areas of the opposing cathode and anode in the electrode group larger than the area of the opening of an insulating gasket in a sealed portion in the cathode case or than the area of an opening in a sealed plate in a sealed portion in the cathode case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Toshiba Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Suzuki, Muneto Hayami, Kazuo Udagawa, Kazuo Iizuka, Naomi Ishihara, Satoshi Hirahara, Hirotaka Sakai, Kiyoto Yoda, Masataka Shikota
  • Patent number: 7378186
    Abstract: In a flat non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising an electricity-generating element including at least a cathode, a separator and an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte in the inside of a cathode case, a plurality of electrode units each consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each another via the separator are laminated to form an electrode group, or an electrode unit in a sheet form consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each another via the separator is wound to form an electrode group, or a sheet-shape cathode is wrapped with the separator except for a part contacting at inner face of cathode case and a sheet-shaped anode is set on the sheet-shaped cathode in a right angled position each other and then these cathode and anode are bent alternately to form an electrode group, and the total sum of the areas of the opposing cathode and anode in this electrode group is larger than the area of the opening of an insulating gasket in a sealed portion in the cathode case or than
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Suzuki, Muneto Hayami, Kazuo Udagawa, Kazuo Iizuka, Naomi Ishihara, Satoshi Hirahara, Hirotaka Sakai, Kiyoto Yoda, Masataka Shikota