Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Toduka

Masatoshi Toduka 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: 9735409
    Abstract: On each negative plate (1), a non-woven fabric (2) composed of fibers of at least one material selected from a group of materials comprising glass, pulp and polyolefins comes into contact with the entire surface of the plate without being integrated with the plate. Each negative plate (1), which is in contact with the non-woven fabric (2), is contained in an envelope separator (3) comprising a microporous synthetic resin sheet, and is laminated with a positive plate (4). The non-woven fabric is manufactured through papermaking process in which glass fibers, pulp and silica powder are preferably used and dispersed in water as the main components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Toduka, Masanori Sakai, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Koji Kogure, Satoshi Minoura, Toshio Shibahara
  • Patent number: 9553335
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery improving the charge acceptance in an initial stage, suppressing the decrease of the charge acceptance for a long time use of the battery and having a long life is provided. In a lead-acid battery using a paste type negative plate prepared by filling a past form negative active material using a lead powder as a starting material in a collector made of a lead alloy, a flake graphite and a condensate of bisphenols and aminobenzene sulfonic acid are contained in the negative active material. The average primary particle diameter of the flake graphite is 10 ?m or more and 220 ?m or less, preferably, 100 ?m or more and 220 ?m or less. The content of the flake graphite is preferably from 0.5 mass parts to 2.7 mass parts and, more preferably, from 1.1 mass parts to 2.2 mass parts based on 100 mass parts of the negative active material (spongy metallic lead) in a fully charged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kogure, Masatoshi Toduka
  • Publication number: 20150050540
    Abstract: On each negative plate (1), a non-woven fabric (2) composed of fibers of at least one material selected from a group of materials comprising glass, pulp and polyolefins comes into contact with the entire surface of the plate without being integrated with the plate. Each negative plate (1), which is in contact with the non-woven fabric (2), is contained in an envelope separator (3) comprising a microporous synthetic resin sheet, and is laminated with a positive plate (4). The non-woven fabric is manufactured through papermaking process in which glass fibers, pulp and silica powder are preferably used and dispersed in water as the main components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masatoshi Toduka, Masanori Sakai, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Koji Kogure, Satoshi Minoura
  • Publication number: 20130280595
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery improving the charge acceptance in an initial stage, suppressing the decrease of the charge acceptance for a long time use of the battery and having a long life is provided. In a lead-acid battery using a paste type negative plate prepared by filling a past form negative active material using a lead powder as a starting material in a collector made of a lead alloy, a flake graphite and a condensate of bisphenols and aminobenzene sulfonic acid are contained in the negative active material. The average primary particle diameter of the flake graphite is 10 ?m or more and 220 ?m or less, preferably, 100 ?m or more and 220 ?m or less. The content of the flake graphite is preferably from 0.5 mass parts to 2.7 mass parts and, more preferably, from 1.1 mass parts to 2.2 mass parts based on 100 mass parts of the negative active material (spongy metallic lead) in a fully charged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kogure, Masatoshi Toduka
  • Publication number: 20130099749
    Abstract: A flooded-type lead-acid battery in which charging is intermittently carried out in a short period of time and high-rate discharge to a load is carried out in a partial state of charge, wherein the charge acceptance and service life characteristics under PSOC are improved by using a positive plate in which the total surface area of the positive active material per unit of the plate pack volume is set in a range of 3.5 to 15.6 m2/cm3; a negative plate with improved charge acceptance and service life performance obtained by adding a carbonaceous electrically conductive material, and a formaldehyde condensate of bisphenol and aminobenzene sulfonic acid to the negative active material; and a separator formed from a nonwoven in which a surface facing the negative plate is composed of material selected from glass, pulp, and polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Toshio Shibahara, Satoshi Minoura, Satoru Takahashi, Masatoshi Toduka, Koji Kogure