Patents by Inventor Morito TANABE

Morito TANABE 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: 12603292
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device satisfying the following formula 1, in which a flat electrode assembly obtained by winding a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween and having two curved surface portions facing each other, and a case that houses the electrode assembly, and at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an active material layer containing active material particles and a fibrous conductive agent. In the formula 1, X is a distance from a distal end of one of the curved surface portions to the inner surface of the case facing the distal end of the curved surface portion as viewed in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. R is a length of a periphery of the one curved surface portion as viewed in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. D is an average particle size D50 of the active material particles. A is a surface roughness Ra of the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Yamatani, Morito Tanabe, Takeshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240339606
    Abstract: A positive electrode for an energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a positive active material layer, the positive active material layer contains positive active material particles and a binder, the positive active material particles contain a nickel-containing lithium transition metal composite oxide that has an ?-NaFeO2-type crystal structure, the positive active material particles are at least one of: primary particles that are not substantially aggregated; and secondary particles that have primary particles aggregated, with the ratio of the median size to the average primary particle size being 5 or less, the product of the median size and BET specific surface area of the positive active material particles is 1.3 [?m m2/g] or more and 4.0 [?m m2/g] or less, and the binder has a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventor: Morito TANABE
  • Publication number: 20240266499
    Abstract: An energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an electrode assembly including a negative electrode and a positive electrode, the negative electrode includes a negative active material layer including a negative active material, the negative active material contains solid graphite, the negative active material layer has a BET specific surface area of 2.1 m2/g or less, and a pressure applied to the electrode assembly is 0.1 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Norio YAMATANI, Morito TANABE, Yuki ASADA
  • Publication number: 20230317957
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device satisfying the following formula 1, in which a flat electrode assembly obtained by winding a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween and having two curved surface portions facing each other, and a case that houses the electrode assembly, and at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an active material layer containing active material particles and a fibrous conductive agent. In the formula 1, X is a distance from a distal end of one of the curved surface portions to the inner surface of the case facing the distal end of the curved surface portion as viewed in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. R is a length of a periphery of the one curved surface portion as viewed in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. D is an average particle size D50 of the active material particles. A is a surface roughness Ra of the active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Norio YAMATANI, Morito TANABE, Takeshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230207784
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a positive electrode for an energy storage device including a positive active material layer, in which the positive active material layer includes a positive active material particle having a ratio of a secondary particle size to a primary particle size of 3 or less, and a fibrous conductive agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei TSUJITA, Morito TANABE, Norio YAMATANI
  • Patent number: 11469422
    Abstract: A plate includes a current collector, an intermediate layer layered on the current collector, and an active material layer layered on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer contains conductive particles and insulating particles. At least a portion of an end edge of the intermediate layer is not covered with the active material layer. The intermediate layer hays a higher mass content of the insulating particles in a region not covered with the active material layer than that in a region covered with the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Morito Tanabe, Kohei Tsujita, Yuta Osugi
  • Publication number: 20200358105
    Abstract: A plate includes a current collector, an intermediate layer layered on the current collector, and an active material layer layered on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer contains conductive particles and insulating particles. At least a portion of an end edge of the intermediate layer is not covered with the active material layer. The intermediate layer hays a higher mass content of the insulating particles in a region not covered with the active material layer than that in a region covered with the active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Morito TANABE, Kohei TSUJITA, Yuta OSUGI
  • Publication number: 20200274149
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is an electrode for an energy storage device including a conductive substrate, an intermediate layer, and an active material layer in this order. In this electrode, the intermediate layer includes a conductive agent, an inorganic oxide, and a binder, and the content of the inorganic oxide in the intermediate layer is 30% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei TSUJITA, Yuta OHSUGI, Morito TANABE, Hiroshi MUKAI, Yukihiro WATARU, Toru TABUCHI