Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Hirano
Masayoshi Hirano 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).
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Patent number: 10283773Abstract: The present invention provides an active material which can increase the discharge capacity of a lithium-ion secondary battery as compared with the case using conventional LiMnPO4 as a positive electrode active material. The active material in accordance with the present invention contains a crystallite of LiMnPO4, the crystallite having a size of 20 to 93 nm in a direction perpendicular to a (060) plane thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi Suzuki, Keitaro Otsuki, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20180190988Abstract: The present invention provides an active material which can increase the discharge capacity of a lithium-ion secondary battery as compared with the case using conventional LiMnPO4 as a positive electrode active material. The active material in accordance with the present invention contains a crystallite of LiMnPO4, the crystallite having a size of 20 to 93 nm in a direction perpendicular to a (060) plane thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi SUZUKI, Keitaro OTSUKI, Masayoshi HIRANO
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Publication number: 20150070822Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing; a holder configured to support a first substrate and is inserted into the housing; a second substrate disposed in the housing, at a side with respect to a direction in which the holder is inserted; and a mechanism configured to move the first substrate in the direction with the second substrate and to connect the first substrate to the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Masayoshi HIRANO
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Patent number: 8863376Abstract: The removing jig includes a frame member and an arm member. The arm member includes a pair of side plates each provided with an axial hole. The arm member further includes an engagement portion that engages with the lever portion at its tip. The frame member includes a contact portion that contacts with a back surface of the connector body, a pair of side frame plates each provided with a guide groove formed with respect to the axial hole, and a first window portion from which the engagement portion protrudes.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masayoshi Hirano, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto, Hiroshi Satoh
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Patent number: 8500454Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first connector; a second connector; a first electronic unit connectable to the first connector; a second electronic unit connectable to the second connector; and a printed circuit board that includes the first connector and the second connector between a first extended center line toward a unit board of the first electronic unit and a second extended center line toward a unit board of the second electronic unit on a first side of the printed circuit board when the first and second electronic units are connected to the first and second connectors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masayoshi Hirano, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto
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Patent number: 8455385Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery positive electrode comprises a coating material preparing step of preparing a positive electrode active material layer forming coating material by mixing a positive electrode active material, a binder, a conductive auxiliary, an organic solvent, and water; and an active material layer forming step of forming a positive electrode active material layer on a current collector by using the positive electrode active material layer forming coating material. The binder is polyvinylidene fluoride produced by emulsion polymerization. The positive electrode active material layer forming coating material is prepared in the coating material preparing step such that the amount of water added (% by mass) based on the total amount of the organic solvent and water and the pH of the positive electrode active material satisfy the following expression (1): 48?[the amount of water added+(4.25Ă—the pH of the positive electrode active material)]?52??(1).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Yousuke Miyaki, Kazuo Katai, Masayoshi Hirano, Kiyonori Hinoki
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Patent number: 8451606Abstract: An electronic device includes: a chassis for housing an electronic unit; and a hold member capable of holding to a fan unit blowing air toward the electronic unit and attachable to and detachable from a plurality of positions of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masayoshi Hirano, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto
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Patent number: 8431227Abstract: The ceramic product provided by the present invention is provided with at least two ceramic members bonded to each other, and the bond parts between these ceramic members bonded to each other are formed from glass having leucite crystals precipitated within the glass matrix.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Noritake Co., LtdInventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Sumihito Sago, Seiji Yamada, Masayoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 8366968Abstract: An active material, an electrode, and a battery which exhibit high safety in overcharging tests, and methods of manufacturing them are provided. The active material comprises a first metal oxide particle 1 and a second metal oxide particle group 2 attached to a surface of the first metal oxide particle 1. The second metal oxide is at least one selected from the group consisting of zirconia, silica, and tin oxide. The first metal oxide particle 1 contains fluorine atoms from its surface to deepest part.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Hisashi Suzuki, Masayoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 8334009Abstract: An electrode producing method by an electrode producing apparatus has an inclining step of pressing a surface of a current collector sheet with projections extending outwardly from the surface, which is conveyed in a definite direction, to incline the projections in a direction opposite to the definite direction of the current collector sheet; and an applying step of applying a coating solution onto the current collector sheet, the projections of which have been inclined in the inclining step and which is conveyed in the definite direction, by a slit die. After the surface of the current collector sheet is pressed to incline the projections on the sheet surface in the opposite direction to the conveyance direction, the coating solution is applied onto the surface. Therefore, the coating solution can be uniformly applied onto the current collector sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Kazutoshi Emoto, Katsuo Naoi, Kiyonori Hinoki, Masahiro Saegusa, Masayoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 8163332Abstract: An electrode manufacturing apparatus comprises a conveying section for conveying a current collector sheet having a plurality of through holes; a backup roll for guiding the conveyed current collector sheet; an applicator for supplying a coating liquid to the current collector sheet on the backup roll; and a nip roll for pressing a part of the current collector sheet where the coating liquid is not supplied yet from the applicator against the backup roll.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Kazutoshi Emoto, Katsuo Naoi, Kiyonori Hinoki, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20110209618Abstract: The ceramic product provided by the present invention is provided with at least two ceramic members bonded to each other, and the bond parts between these ceramic members bonded to each other are formed from glass having leucite crystals precipitated within the glass matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: NORITAKE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Sumihito Sago, Seiji Yamada, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20110197439Abstract: The removing jig includes a frame member and an arm member. The arm member includes a pair of side plates each provided with an axial hole. The arm member further includes an engagement portion that engages with the lever portion at its tip. The frame member includes a contact portion that contacts with a back surface of the connector body, a pair of side frame plates each provided with a guide groove formed with respect to the axial hole, and a first window portion from which the engagement portion protrudes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masayoshi HIRANO, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto, Hiroshi Satoh
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Patent number: 7968200Abstract: The ceramic product provided by the present invention is provided with at least two ceramic members bonded to each other, and the bond parts between these ceramic members bonded to each other are formed from glass having leucite crystals precipitated within the glass matrix.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Noritake Co., LtdInventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Sumihito Sago, Seiji Yamada, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20110117754Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first connector; a second connector; a first electronic unit connectable to the first connector; a second electronic unit connectable to the second connector; and a printed circuit board that includes the first connector and the second connector between a first extended center line toward a unit board of the first electronic unit and a second extended center line toward a unit board of the second electronic unit on a first side of the printed circuit board when the first and second electronic units are connected to the first and second connectors, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masayoshi HIRANO, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto
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Publication number: 20110103015Abstract: An electronic device includes: a chassis for housing an electronic unit; and a hold member capable of holding to a fan unit blowing air toward the electronic unit and attachable to and detachable from a plurality of positions of the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masayoshi HIRANO, Eiji Makabe, Takashi Imamoto
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Publication number: 20100304217Abstract: The present invention provides an active material which can increase the discharge capacity of a lithium-ion secondary battery as compared with the case using conventional LiMnPO4 as a positive electrode active material. The active material in accordance with the present invention contains a crystallite of LiMnPO4, the crystallite having a size of 20 to 93 nm in a direction perpendicular to a (060) plane thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi Suzuki, Keitaro Otsuki, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20100301284Abstract: An active material, an electrode, and a battery which exhibit high safety in overcharging tests, and methods of manufacturing them are provided. The active material comprises a first metal oxide particle 1 and a second metal oxide particle group 2 attached to a surface of the first metal oxide particle 1. The second metal oxide is at least one selected from the group consisting of zirconia, silica, and tin oxide. The first metal oxide particle 1 contains fluorine atoms from its surface to deepest part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi SUZUKI, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20100167125Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery positive electrode comprises a coating material preparing step of preparing a positive electrode active material layer forming coating material by mixing a positive electrode active material, a binder, a conductive auxiliary, an organic solvent, and water; and an active material layer forming step of forming a positive electrode active material layer on a current collector by using the positive electrode active material layer forming coating material. The binder is polyvinylidene fluoride produced by emulsion polymerization. The positive electrode active material layer forming coating material is prepared in the coating material preparing step such that the amount of water added (% by mass) based on the total amount of the organic solvent and water and the pH of the positive electrode active material satisfy the following expression (1): 48?[the amount of water added+(4.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yousuke MIYAKI, Kazuo KATAI, Masayoshi HIRANO, Kiyonori HINOKI
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Publication number: 20100075022Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode producing method capable of uniformly depositing a coating solution on a sheet with projections on a surface. An electrode producing method by an electrode producing apparatus 100 has an inclining step of pressing a surface of a current collector sheet 2A with projections 4a extending outwardly from the surface, which is conveyed in a definite direction, to incline the projections 4a in a direction opposite to the definite direction of the current collector sheet 2A; and an applying step of applying a coating solution 3A onto the current collector sheet 2A the projections of which have been inclined in the inclining step and which is conveyed in the definite direction, by a slit die 12. After the surface of the current collector sheet 2A is pressed to incline the projections 4a on the sheet surface in the opposite direction to the conveyance direction, the coating solution 3A is applied onto the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi EMOTO, Katsuo NAOI, Kiyonori HINOKI, Masahiro SAEGUSA, Masayoshi HIRANO