Patents by Inventor Naokage Tanaka

Naokage Tanaka 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: 9899673
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in initial charge-discharge characteristics and life characteristics. To solve the above problem, the invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery in which an electrode group having a positive electrode and a negative electrode is housed in a battery can, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material supported on a negative electrode foil, and the negative electrode active material includes cores having SiO as a main component, a composite oxide coating layer of Fe and SiO2 disposed on the periphery of each of the cores, and a carbon coating layer disposed on the periphery of the composite oxide coating layer of Fe and SiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naokage Tanaka, Kento Hoshi, Shuichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Haruna
  • Publication number: 20170104211
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in initial charge-discharge characteristics and life characteristics. To solve the above problem, the invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery in which an electrode group having a positive electrode and a negative electrode is housed in a battery can, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material supported on a negative electrode foil, and the negative electrode active material includes cores having SiO as a main component, a composite oxide coating layer of Fe and SiO2 disposed on the periphery of each of the cores, and a carbon coating layer disposed on the periphery of the composite oxide coating layer of Fe and SiO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Naokage TANAKA, Kento HOSHI, Shuichi SUZUKI, Hiroshi HARUNA
  • Patent number: 9537139
    Abstract: [Objectives] The present invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery in which a material containing Si and O as constituent elements is used in a negative electrode. The present invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery having good charge discharge cycle characteristics, and suppressing the battery swelling associated with the charge and the discharge. Also, the present invention relates to a negative electrode that can provide the non-aqueous secondary battery. [Solution] The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material, including a composite of a material containing Si and O as constitution elements (atom ratio x of O to Si is 0.5?x?1.5) in combination with a carbon material, and graphite. The graphite has an average particle diameter dg (?m) of 4 to 20 ?m. The material containing Si and O as constitution elements has an average particle diameter ds (?m) of 1 ?m or more. The ratio ds/dg (i.e., ds to dg) is 0.05 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL LTD.
    Inventors: Naokage Tanaka, Akira Inaba, Keiichiro Uenae, Masayuki Yamada, Kazunobu Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8859147
    Abstract: The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I510/I1343 of a peak intensity I510 at 510 cm?1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I1343 at 1343 cm?1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naokage Tanaka, Akira Inaba, Masayuki Yamada, Masayuki Yoshiya
  • Publication number: 20130273439
    Abstract: The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I510/I1343 of a peak intensity I510 at 510 cm?1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I1343 at 1343 cm?1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Naokage TANAKA, Akira INABA, Masayuki YAMADA, Masayuki YOSHIYA
  • Patent number: 8481212
    Abstract: The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I510/I1343 of a peak intensity I510 at 510 cm?1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I1343 at 1343 cm?1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naokage Tanaka, Akira Inaba, Masayuki Yamada, Masayuki Yoshiya
  • Publication number: 20130136988
    Abstract: [Objectives] The present invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery in which a material containing Si and O as constituent elements is used in a negative electrode. The present invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery having good charge discharge cycle characteristics, and suppressing the battery swelling associated with the charge and the discharge. Also, the present invention relates to a negative electrode that can provide the non-aqueous secondary battery. [Solution] The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material, including a composite of a material containing Si and O as constitution elements (atom ratio x of O to Si is 0.5?x?1.5) in combination with a carbon material, and graphite. The graphite has an average particle diameter dg(?m) of 4 to 20 ?m. The material containing Si and O as constitution elements has an average particle diameter ds(?m) of 1 ?m or more. The ratio ds/dg (i.e., ds to dg) is 0.05 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naokage Tanaka, Akira Inaba, Keiichiro Uenae, Masayuki Yamada, Kazunobu Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120288742
    Abstract: The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I510/I1343 of a peak intensity I510 at 510 cm?1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I1343 at 1343 cm?1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Naokage Tanaka, Akira Inaba, Masayuki Yamada, Masayuki Yoshiya