Patents by Inventor Muneaki Ando

Muneaki Ando 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).

  • SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20250392025
    Abstract: A secondary battery is provided and including a wound electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound; and an electrolyte, the wound electrode assembly and the electrolyte being enclosed in an exterior body, at least the positive electrode including a wound current collector, a first positive electrode material layer and a second positive electrode material layer provided on both surfaces of the current collector, and a pair of exposed portions including a first exposed portion in which one surface of a local portion of the current collector is exposed and a second exposed portion in which the other surface facing the one surface in a thickness direction of the positive electrode is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Fumihito ISHII, Muneaki ANDO
  • Non-aqueous electrolyte battery including an amorphous material
    Patent number: 9825337
    Abstract: A battery is composed of a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material is formed on a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material is formed on a negative electrode collector, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte impregnated in the separator. The battery further includes at least one of a heteropoly acid and a heteropoly acid compound as an additive at least in one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Watanabe, Tomoyo Ooyama, Shunsuke Saito, Shinichi Katayama, Hideki Nakai, Yoshihiro Kudo, Yoshikazu Kato, Muneaki Ando, Koji Morita, Ichiro Yamada, Nobuya Okano, Noritoshi Araki, Shuhei Sugita, Kunihiko Hayashi, Yosuke Hosoya, Tadahiko Kubota, Shigeru Fujita
  • NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY SEPARATOR, ELECTROLYTE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-AQEUOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY SEPARATOR
    Publication number: 20120321911
    Abstract: A battery is composed of a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material is formed on a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material is formed on a negative electrode collector, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte impregnated in the separator. The battery further includes at least one of a heteropoly acid and a heteropoly acid compound as an additive at least in one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruo Watanabe, Tomoyo Ooyama, Shunsuke Saito, Shinichi Katayama, Hideki Nakai, Yoshihiro Kudo, Yoshikazu Kato, Muneaki Ando, Koji Morita, Ichiro Yamada, Nobuya Okano, Noritoshi Araki, Shuhei Sugita, Kunihiko Hayashi, Yosuke Hosoya, Tadahiko Fujita, Shigeru Fujita