Patents by Inventor Mikihiro Takahashi

Mikihiro Takahashi 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: 11545697
    Abstract: An additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can suppress the initial gas generation amount when used in a non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery. The additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution is represented by any one of formulae [1] to [4]: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2 and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Morinaka, Keita Nakahara, Susumu Iwasaki, Wataru Kawabata, Mikihiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220384847
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing lithium difluorophosphate in which difluorophosphate ester reacts with a lithium salt compound in a nonaqueous organic solvent without using water as a raw material, a method for producing a difluoro phosphate ester including a step of allowing a dihalophosphate ester to react with a fluorinating agent having a concentration of contained hydrogen fluoride of 15 mol % or less in a nonaqueous organic solvent; lithium difluorophosphate in which a value of a relational expression (d90-d10)/MV represented by d90 which is a particle size at which a volume cumulative distribution is 90%, d10 which is a particle size at which a volume cumulative distribution is 10%, and MV which is a volume average particle size is 10 or less; and methods for producing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a nonaqueous secondary battery using the production method described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Masutaka SHINMEN, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Masataka FUJIMOTO, Susumu IWASAKI, Keita NAKAHARA, Masahiro MIURA, Shunsuke MIMURA, Katsuya KUBO
  • Patent number: 11502335
    Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery using a positive electrode including nickel, where the battery generates a small amount of gas during a durability test even if the cell potential reaches 4.1 V or more, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery using the electrolyte. In the electrolyte for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode including at least one selected from the group consisting of oxides containing nickel and phosphates containing nickel as a positive electrode active material, the electrolyte comprises (I) a non-aqueous organic solvent, (II) a fluorine-containing solute being an ionic salt, (III) at least one additive selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (1) and (2), and (IV) hydrogen fluoride in an amount of 5 mass ppm or more and less than 200 mass ppm based on the total amount of the components (I), (II), and (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikihiro Takahashi, Takayoshi Morinaka, Wataru Kawabata, Makoto Kubo, Katsumasa Mori
  • Publication number: 20220278368
    Abstract: Provided are a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which makes it possible to further improve low temperature characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics; and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising such a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The present nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprises: (I) a first additive represented by the following formula [1], (II) at least one second additive selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following formulae [2] to [5], difluoro(oxalato)borate, bis(oxalato)borate, tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate, difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate, tris(oxalato)phosphate, difluorophosphate, and fluorosulfonate, (III) a nonaqueous organic solvent, and (IV) a solute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi MORINAKA, Wataru KAWABATA, Kei KAWAHARA, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220278371
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte battery which has a low internal resistance after the initial charge and discharge, while having excellent low-temperature output characteristics after storage at high temperatures. The present invention contains a compound represented by general formula (1) as a component of a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. In the formula, X1 represents a carbon atom or a sulfur atom; each of Y1 and Y2 represents an oxygen atom or a methylene group that may be substituted by a halogen atom; r represents 1 or 2; and R1 represents a group represented by general formula (2) or a group represented by general formula (3), provided that (i) in cases where X1 is a sulfur atom and Y1 and Y2 are methylene groups and (ii) in cases where X1 is a carbon atom and Y1 and Y2 are oxygen atoms, R1 is a group represented by general formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru KAWABATA, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Keita NAKAHARA, Takahiro TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220271340
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which is used in a nonaqueous electrolyte battery having a low initial resistance value; and a compound which is contained in this nonaqueous electrolyte solution. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to the present invention contains a compound represented by formula (1), a solute and a nonaqueous organic solvent. In general formula (1), each of R1 and R2 represents PO(Rf)2 or SO2Rf, and Rf represents, for example, a fluorine atom; each of R3 and R4 represents, for example, a lithium ion, or alternatively R3 and R4 may form a ring structure together with a nitrogen atom to which the moieties are bonded, and in this case, R3 and R4 form an alkylene group in combination with each other; an oxygen atom may be contained between carbon atom-carbon atom bonds in the alkylene group; a side chain thereof may have an alkyl group; and an arbitrary hydrogen atom in the alkyl group and the alkylene group may be substituted by a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke TERADA, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Ryota ESAKI, Susumu IWASAKI, Miyuki YAMAUCHI, Wataru KAWABATA, Masahiro MIURA
  • Patent number: 11424486
    Abstract: Provided is an electrolyte for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, which can provide, when used in a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, in a good balance, an effect to suppress an increase in an internal resistance at a low temperature and an effect to suppress an increase in an amount of gas generated at a high temperature, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery containing such an % electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous solvent and at least a hexafluorophosphate and/or tetrafluoroborate as a solute, and further comprises at least one imide anion-containing salt represented by the following general formula [1] but does not contain a silane compound represented by the following general formula [2] or an ionic complex represented by, for example, the following general formula [3].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Morinaka, Makoto Kubo, Wataru Kawabata, Masutaka Shinmen, Hiroki Matsuzaki, Mikihiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220255131
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a salt compound represented by a specific general formula, a solute, and a nonaqueous organic solvent, in which the content of the salt compound with respect to the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is 0.003% by mass to 0.1% by mass, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery contains the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, so that there is provided a nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can exhibit an effect of improving a capacity retention rate after a long-term cycle at a high temperature and an effect of preventing an increase in resistance at a low temperature after high-temperature storage in a balanced manner, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji KUBO, Wataru KAWABATA, Yuta IKEDA, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220231338
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a nonaqueous organic solvent, a solute, a specific silicon compound (A), a specific borate (B), and a specific imide salt (C) and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution can exhibit an effect of reducing an absolute value of internal resistance at a low temperature and an effect of improving a battery capacity after a cycle test in a well-balanced manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Wataru KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20220231337
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a nonaqueous organic solvent, a solute, a specific silicon compound (A), a specific borate (B), and a specific imide salt (C), in which WB/WA, which is a ratio of a content WB of the borate (B) based on mass to a content WA of the silicon compound (A) based on mass, is 1.5 or more and 3 or less, and WC/WA, which is a ratio of a content WC of the imide salt (C) based on mass to a content WA of the silicon compound (A) based on mass, is 1 or more and 5 or less, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution can exhibit an effect of reducing an absolute value of internal resistance at a low temperature and an effect of improving a battery capacity after a cycle test in a well-balanced manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Wataru KAWABATA
  • Patent number: 11302964
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention includes: (I) at least one kind of silane compound represented by the following general formula (1); (II) at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a cyclic sulfonic acid compound and a cyclic sulfuric ester compound; (III) a nonaqueous organic solvent; and (IV) a solute. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery with this electrolytic solution achieves a good balance between improvement of high-temperature storage characteristics under high-temperature conditions of 70° C. or higher and reduction of gas generation during high-temperature storage. Si(R1)x(R2)4-x??(1) In the general formula (1), R1 is each independently a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing group; R2 is each independently selected from a fluorine group and a C1-C10 linear or C3-C10 branched alkyl group which may have a fluorine atom and/or an oxygen atom; and x is an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Kawabata, Mikihiro Takahashi, Takayoshi Morinaka, Makoto Kubo
  • Patent number: 11230564
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a phosphoryl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) at a satisfactory yield by cation exchange. The method comprises the step of performing cation exchange by bringing a phosphoryl imide salt represented by the following general formula (2) into contact with a cation exchange resin having M1 n+ or a metal salt represented by the general formula (4) in an organic solvent having a water content of 0.3% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikihiro Takahashi, Takayoshi Morinaka, Masutaka Shinmen, Ryosuke Terada
  • Patent number: 11171361
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solution for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery capable of an exerting high average discharge voltage and an excellent low-temperature output characteristic at ?30° C. or lower and an excellent cycle characteristic and an excellent storage characteristic at high temperatures of 50° C. or higher, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery containing the same. The present electrolyte solution comprises a non-aqueous solvent, a solute, at least one silane compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a first compound, and a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (3), for example, as a second compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kubo, Takayoshi Morinaka, Mikihiro Takahashi, Masutaka Shinmen, Wataru Kawabata, Hiroki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 11145904
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solution for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery capable of an exerting high average discharge voltage and an excellent low-temperature output characteristic at ?30° C. or lower and an excellent cycle characteristic and an excellent storage characteristic at high temperatures of 50° C. or higher, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery containing the same. The present electrolyte solution comprises anon-aqueous solvent, a solute, at least one silane compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a first compound, and a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (3), for example, as a second compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kubo, Takayoshi Morinaka, Mikihiro Takahashi, Masutaka Shinmen, Wataru Kawabata, Hiroki Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20210313624
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which is capable of improving the storage characteristics at high temperatures and the internal resistance characteristics after storage in a more balanced manner; and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is provided with this nonaqueous electrolyte solution. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to the present invention contains (I) an imide anion of general formula [1] or [2], (II) a sulfonic acid salt of general formula [3], (III) a nonaqueous organic solvent or an ionic liquid; and (IV) a solute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi MORINAKA, Kei KAWAHARA, Wataru KAWABATA, Katsumasa MORI, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210184260
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention includes the following components: (I) a nonaqueous organic solvent; (II) an ionic salt as a solute; (III) at least one additive compound represented by the general formula (1); and (IV) at least one additive compound represented by the general formula (2), wherein the concentration of the component (IV) is 0.05 to 25.0 mass % with respect to 100 mass % of the component (III) where R1 are each independently a substituent group having at least one kind selected from unsaturated bond and aromatic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Ryosuke KONDO, Takashi MORI, Masahiro MIURA
  • Patent number: 10991983
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery capable of showing high output characteristics at a low temperature even after the battery is used to some extent, and capable of showing good high-rate properties, and further capable of showing sufficient performance again at low temperature even after stored at a high temperature. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, (I) a difluoro ionic complex (1) represented by the general formula (1), and (II) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a difluorophosphate salt, a monofluorophosphate salt, a specific salt having an imide anion, and a specific silane compound, and 95 mol % or more of the difluoro ionic complex (1) is a difluoro ionic complex (1-Cis) in a cis configuration represented by the general formula (1-Cis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Central Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Saori Itabashi, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Mikihiro Takahashi, Kazunari Takeda
  • Publication number: 20210054005
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a phosphoryl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) at a satisfactory yield by cation exchange. The method comprises the step of performing cation exchange by bringing a phosphoryl imide salt represented by the following general formula (2) into contact with a cation exchange resin having M1 n+ or a metal salt represented by the general formula (4) in an organic solvent having a water content of 0.3% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikihiro TAKAHASHI, Takayoshi MORINAKA, Masutaka SHINMEN, Ryosuke TERADA
  • Publication number: 20210028491
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solution for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery capable of exhibiting excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics and excellent high-temperature storage characteristics at high temperature of 60° C. or above, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery using the same. The electrolyte solution for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution battery of the present invention comprises at least: a non-aqueous solvent; a solute; at least one first compound represented by the following general formula (1); and at least one second compound represented by the following general formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Takayoshi MORINAKA, Makoto KUBO, Wataru KAWABATA, Kenta YAMAMOTO, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210028493
    Abstract: Provided is an electrolyte for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, which can provide, when used in a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, in a good balance, an effect to suppress an increase in an internal resistance at a low temperature and an effect to suppress an increase in an amount of gas generated at a high temperature, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery containing such an % electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous solvent and at least a hexafluorophosphate and/or tetrafluoroborate as a solute, and further comprises at least one imide anion-containing salt represented by the following general formula [1] but does not contain a silane compound represented by the following general formula [2] or an ionic complex represented by, for example, the following general formula [3].
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi MORINAKA, Makoto KUBO, Wataru KAWABATA, Masutaka SHINMEN, Hiroki MATSUZAKI, Mikihiro TAKAHASHI