Patents by Inventor Minoru Kotato

Minoru Kotato 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: 8574757
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can provide a battery that is low in gas generation, has a large capacity, and is excellent in storage characteristics and cycle characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8551662
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte which contains a nonaqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved therein is provided. Also provided is a lithium secondary battery employing the nonaqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Onuki, Minoru Kotato, Isao Konno, Shinichi Kinoshita, Noriko Shima
  • Publication number: 20130244122
    Abstract: This invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent, and a compound represented by formula (3): wherein R1 represents an optionally fluorine-atom substituted hydrocarbon group having 1-12 carbon atoms; R2 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an optionally fluorine-atom substituted alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms, such that at least one of R2 to R6 represents an optionally fluorine-atom substituted alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 0 or 1, such that when n is 1, at least one of R2 to R6 represents an optionally fluorine-atom substituted alkyl group having 5 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Masamichi Onuki, Minoru Kotato, Koji Fukamizu, Yumiko Machida, Youichi Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20130216918
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Takashi FUJII, Minoru KOTATO, Masahiro TAKEHARA, Masamichi ONUKI, Youichi OHASHI, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20130095379
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution is provided that realizes a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable of inhibiting gas generation. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and further comprises: a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 8 weight % or lower; and a compound expressed by general formula (Ia) in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 5 weight % or lower. (in the formula (Ia), R11 and R12 represent, independently of each other, an organic group that is composed of one or more carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and may optionally contain one or more oxygen atoms but excludes unsaturated bonds, provided that at least either R11 or R12 has an ether linkage. The total number of carbon atoms of R11 and R12 is between 3 and 18, and the total number of oxygen atoms contained in R11 and R12 is between 1 and 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Kunihisa Shima, Shinichi Kinoshita, Asao Kominato, Takashi Fujii, Teppei Yamada
  • Patent number: 8367252
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent, a solute dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, and hydrogenated terphenyl, the solute includes a boron-containing alkali salt and a boron-free alkali salt, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material comprising a randomly oriented carbon composite (A), and the carbon composite (A) contains a graphitic carbon substance (B) and a carbon substance (C) that is different from the graphitic carbon substance (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Takaharu Morikawa, Atsushi Ueda, Takafumi Oura, Shinichi Kinoshita, Minoru Kotato, Hideharu Satou, Hitoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130022861
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is provided. The battery comprises: a positive electrode and a negative electrode which each has a specific composition and specific properties; and a nonaqueous electrolyte which contains a cyclic siloxane compound of formula (1), a fluorosilane compound of formula (2), a compound of formula (3), compound having an S—F bond in the molecule, nitric acid salt, nitrous acid salt, monofluorophosphoric acid salt, difluorophosphoric acid salt, acetic acid salt, or propionic acid salt in an amount of 10 ppm or more of the whole nonaqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Miyagi, Ryoichi Kato, Masakazu Yokomizo, Hiroyuki Uono, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Tomohiro Satou, Minoru Kotato, Takayuki Nakajima, Hitoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Oshima
  • Publication number: 20130022879
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which, even in the case of using a low-viscosity solvent having a narrow potential window, can increase the electrochemical stability of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution and suppress side reactions of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution during charge and discharge to reduce the degradation of the battery characteristics and has an excellent storage characteristic in high-temperature environments and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Yamamoto, Kouhei Tuduki, Taizou Sunano, Maruo Kamino, Youichi Ohashi, Minoru Kotato
  • Publication number: 20130011728
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Takashi FUJII, Minoru KOTATO, Masahiro TAKEHARA, Masamichi ONUKI, Youichi OHASHI, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20120308883
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which forms a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery having high capacity and excellent storage characteristics at high temperatures, while sufficiently enhancing safety at the time of overcharge, and a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery using the same. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution has an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent with (A) a compound of formula (2): wherein R7 is an optionally halogenated and/or phenylated alkyl group comprising 1-12 carbon atoms, R8 to R12 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally halogenated ether or alkyl group comprising 1-12 carbon atoms, and at least one of R8 to R12 is an optionally halogenated alkyl group comprising 2-12 carbon atoms; and/or (B) a carboxylic acid ester with a phenyl group substituted by at least one alkyl group (having 4 or more carbon atoms) that is optionally substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko NAKAGAWA, Minoru Kotato, Daisuke Noda, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20120264010
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte containing a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate and a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties. The nonaqueous electrolyte can contain at least one of a saturated chain hydrocarbon, a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon, an aromatic compound having a halogen atom and an ether having a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi KATO, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Takashi FUJII, Minoru KOTATO, Masahiro TAKEHARA, Masamichi ONUKI, Youichi OHASHI, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20120264011
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can provide a battery that is low in gas generation, has a large capacity, and is excellent in storage characteristics and cycle characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20120244426
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution is provided that realizes a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable of inhibiting gas generation. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and further comprises: a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 8 weight % or lower; and a compound expressed by general formula (Ia) in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 5 weight % or lower. (in the formula (Ia), R11 and R12 represent, independently of each other, an organic group that is composed of one or more carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and may optionally contain one or more oxygen atoms but excludes unsaturated bonds, provided that at least either R11 or R12 has an ether linkage. The total number of carbon atoms of R11 and R12 is between 3 and 18, and the total number of oxygen atoms contained in R11 and R12 is between 1 and 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru KOTATO, Kunihisa Shima, Shinichi Kinoshita, Asao Kominato, Takashi Fujii, Teppei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120219854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which enables formation of a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery having high capacity and excellent storage characteristics at high temperatures, while sufficiently enhancing safety at the time of overcharge. A nonaqueous-electrolyte battery produced by using the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is also disclosed. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and includes any of specific nonaqueous electrolytic solutions (A) to (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko NAKAGAWA, Minoru KOTATO, Daisuke NODA, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20120219866
    Abstract: This invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution including a lithium salt and an organic solvent containing: a carbonate and/or an ester in a total proportion exceeding 90% by volume; and a fluorine-substituted aromatic ester represented by formula (I) in an amount of 0.01%-10% by weight based on the weight of the electrolytic solution: Xn-Ph-OCOR??(1). The invention also relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution including an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent, and a compound represented by formula (3): The invention also relates to a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery including a nonaqueous electrolytic solution as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Onuki, Minoru Kotato, Koji Fukamizu, Yumiko Machida, Youichi Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20120156557
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can provide a battery that is low in gas generation, has a large capacity, and is excellent in storage characteristics and cycle characteristics. The solution contains an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the electrolyte, 0.001 vol % to 5 vol % of a compound represented by Formula (1), and further contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of cyclic carbonate compounds having carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds, cyclic carbonate compounds having fluorine atoms, monofluorophosphates, and difluorophosphates. In Formula (1), R1 to R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally substituted by a halogen atom; and n is an integer of 0 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20120115042
    Abstract: Nonaqueous electrolytes which can produce a battery of high capacity and excellent storability and cycle characteristics are provided, as are batteries produced with the electrolytes. The electrolytes include ones with (i) an aromatic compound having 7-18 carbon atoms in total and a fluorinated cyclic carbonate having two or more fluorine atoms, (ii) diethyl carbonate and a fluorinated cyclic carbonate having two or more fluorine atoms, (iii) at least one of a cyclic sulfonic acid ester compound, disulfonic acid ester compound, nitrile compound, and a compound of formula (1) and a fluorinated cyclic carbonate having two or more fluorine atoms, or (iv) a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for use in a high-voltage battery having a final charge voltage of 4.3 V or higher and having a fluorinated cyclic carbonate with two or more fluorine atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru KOTATO, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20110300453
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution is provided that realizes a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable of inhibiting gas generation. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and further comprises: a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 8 weight % or lower; and a compound expressed by general formula (Ia) in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 5 weight % or lower. (in the formula (Ia), R11 and R12 represent, independently of each other, an organic group that is composed of one or more carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and may optionally contain one or more oxygen atoms but excludes unsaturated bonds, provided that at least either R11 or R12 has an ether linkage. The total number of carbon atoms of R11 and R12 is between 3 and 18, and the total number of oxygen atoms contained in R11 and R12 is between 1 and 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru KOTATO, Kunihisa Shima, Shinichi Kinoshita, Asao Kominato, Takashi Fujii, Teppei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110274986
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative-electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having a nonaqueous solvent dissolving a solute. The negative-electrode active material includes powdered silicon and/or a silicon alloy, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes additives composed of at least one fluorinated lithium phosphate selected from the group consisting of lithium monofluorophosphate, lithium difluorophosphate, and lithium trifluorophosphate and a diisocyanate compound, and the nonaqueous solvent includes a chain carbonate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Yamamoto, Kouhei Tuduki, Taizou Sunano, Maruo Kamino, Youichi Ohashi, Minoru Kotato
  • Patent number: 8043745
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution having a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable if inhibiting gas generation. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 8 weight % or lower; and a compound expressed by a formula (IIb) in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 5 weight % or lower: wherein Z5 represents an integer of 2 or larger, X5 represents a linkage group comprising one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom and an oxygen atom, and the fluoro sulfonyl group is bound to a carbon atom of the linkage group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Kotato, Takashi Fujii