Patents by Inventor Naoki Sasagawa

Naoki Sasagawa 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: 12107271
    Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode slurry for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery has a pH of 5 or higher and contains: a water-soluble polymer (A) that is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 15 mol % to 99.9 mol % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an inorganic salt thereof, and that has a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or lower; and a hydrolyzed partial condensate (B) of an amino group-containing trialkoxysilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Ozaki, Naoki Sasagawa, Hideki Goda
  • Publication number: 20240291102
    Abstract: There is provided a power storage device separator binder aqueous solution, where the power storage device separator binder aqueous solution contains a water soluble polymer (1) or contains a water soluble polymer (2) and a hydrazide. The water soluble polymer (1) contains 20% by mole to 80% by mole of an N,N-dialkyl (meth)acrylamide unit and 10% by mole to 80% by mole of a (meth)acrylamide unit. The water soluble polymer (2) contains 0.2% by mole to 10% by mole of a keto group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit and 65% by mole to 99.7% by mole of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound unit. The hydrazide has two or more hydrazide groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya OKUBO, Naoki SASAGAWA, Satoru AOYAMA, Yuji OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11975972
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon material that is large in specific surface area, and moreover, capable of easily forming an electrode film even when any binder is substantially not contained. Provided is a carbon material that has a BET specific surface area of 100 m2/g or more, with the weight of the carbon material remaining on a sieve after shaking being 90% by weight or more with respect to 100% by weight of the carbon material put in the sieve, when 0.2 g of the carbon material packed in a cylindrical syringe of 2 cm in diameter is compressed at a pressure of 16 kN, the whole of the compressed carbon material is taken out from the syringe and put in the sieve with an aperture of 4.75 mm, and the sieve is shaken for 1 minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Wada, Naoki Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 11962010
    Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a lithium-ion battery electrode, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode contains a water-soluble polymer (A). The water-soluble polymer (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 5 mol % to 80 mol % of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether (a). In one embodiment, the monomer group contains 20 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Okubo, Hideki Goda, Naoki Sasagawa, Satoru Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11658302
    Abstract: To provide a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery, a slurry for a lithium ion battery electrode, an electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery The disclosure provides a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery including a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A-1) which contains 2 to 60 mol % of structural units derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a) and 10 to 70 mol % of structural units derived from an unsaturated sulfonic acid or salts thereof (b), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 300,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Ozaki, Katsuhiko Ikeyatsu, Katsuya Okubo, Satoru Aoyama, Naoki Sasagawa, Hideki Goda
  • Patent number: 11646421
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) and a divalent or higher valent metal ion. The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) contains 2 mol % to 60 mol % of a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 10 mol % to 50 mol % of a constituent unit derived from one or more unsaturated acids selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids and unsaturated sulfonic acids or an inorganic salt thereof (b). The divalent or higher valent metal ion is contained in an amount of 0.5 mol % to 30 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of an acid group contained in the component (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Ozaki, Hideki Goda, Naoki Sasagawa, Satoru Aoyama, Katsuya Okubo, Katsuhiko Ikeyatsu
  • Patent number: 11637288
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, as well as a lithium-ion battery and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Goda, Naoki Sasagawa, Shinji Ozaki, Satoru Aoyama, Katsuya Okubo, Katsuhiko Ikeyatsu
  • Publication number: 20230110098
    Abstract: A binder aqueous solution for power storage device, a slurry for power storage device, an electrode for power storage device, a separator for power storage device, a separator/electrode laminate for power storage device and a power storage device are provided. The present disclosure provides a binder aqueous solution for power storage device, in which the binder aqueous solution for power storage device contains a water-soluble polymer, the water-soluble polymer contains more than 99 mass% and less than 99.9 mass% of a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound and more than 0.1 mass% and less than 1 mass% of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated hydrocarbon sulfonic acid and/or a salt thereof, and a weight average molecular weight of the water-soluble polymer is less than 300,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SASAGAWA, Shinji OZAKI, Satoru AOYAMA, Katsuya OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20220352516
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon material that can improve characteristics such as electrostatic capacitance and rate characteristics of the power storage device. A carbon material used for an electrode material of a power storage device, the carbon material having a graphene layered structure, and in a small-angle X-ray scattering spectrum of the carbon material, a slope of a straight line connecting a point indicating a scattering intensity when a natural logarithm LN (q) of a scattering vector is ?1.5 and a point indicating a natural logarithm of a scattering intensity when the natural logarithm LN (q) of the scattering vector is 1.4 being ?1.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SASAGAWA, Takamichi SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20220293964
    Abstract: Provided is a metal sheet having a carbon material capable of stably exhibiting excellent characteristics when used for an electrode of an electricity storage device. A metal sheet having a carbon material includes a porous metal sheet provided with a transition metal present on a surface and a carbon material of at least one of a carbon fiber and a carbon particle, the carbon material being formed from the porous metal sheet, the carbon material being disposed in a pore of the porous metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekatsu OONISHI, Akira NAKASUGA, Rende SUN, Naoki SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220223354
    Abstract: Provided is a power storage device having excellent withstand voltage performance and enabling high-voltage driving. This power storage device includes: an electrode formed of an electrode material containing a carbon material and essentially free of a binder; and an electrolytic solution including an ionic liquid including, as components, a cation and an anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya WADA, Naoki SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220158187
    Abstract: Provided is a composite material in which a carbon material and nanoparticles are efficiently combined to enhance the battery characteristic of a secondary battery. The composite material including a carbon material having a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions and including nanoparticles that are at least partially combined with the carbon material, the composite material having a rate of the nanoparticles combined in the carbon material and the nanoparticles of 11% by weight or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro URAYAMA, Takuya WADA, Naoki SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220109155
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon material-resin composite material that can enhance the capacitor capacitance or the battery capacity when used as an electrode material for an electricity storage device. A carbon material-resin composite material including a carbon material and a resin that is at least partially grafted onto the carbon material, the carbon material-resin composite material having an ionic equivalent of 0.1 mmol/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YOSHITANI, Akira NAKASUGA, Naoki SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210344010
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon material, which can increase the capacitance in an electrical storage device. Provided is a carbon material including a carbon material that has a graphene laminated structure, where the carbon material has a BET specific surface area of 240 m2/g or more, and has a powder density of 0.5 g/cc or more when 0.1 g of the carbon material is put in a container with a cross-sectional area of 3.14 cm2 and compressed at a pressure of 16 kN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SASAGAWA, Takuya WADA
  • Publication number: 20210305574
    Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode slurry for a lithium ion battery, a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium ion battery has a pH of 5 or higher and contains: a water-soluble polymer (A) that is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 15 mol % to 99.9 mol % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an inorganic salt thereof, and that has a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or lower; and a hydrolyzed partial condensate (B) of an amino group-containing trialkoxysilane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji OZAKI, Naoki SASAGAWA, Hideki GODA
  • Publication number: 20210188647
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon material that is large in specific surface area, and moreover, capable of easily forming an electrode film even when any binder is substantially not contained. Provided is a carbon material that has a BET specific surface area of 100 m2/g or more, with the weight of the carbon material remaining on a sieve after shaking being 90% by weight or more with respect to 100% by weight of the carbon material put in the sieve, when 0.2 g of the carbon material packed in a cylindrical syringe of 2 cm in diameter is compressed at a pressure of 16 kN, the whole of the compressed carbon material is taken out from the syringe and put in the sieve with an aperture of 4.75 mm, and the sieve is shaken for 1 minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya WADA, Naoki SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210151766
    Abstract: To provide a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery, a slurry for a lithium ion battery electrode, an electrode for a lithium ion battery, and a lithium ion battery The disclosure provides a conductive carbon material dispersing agent for a lithium ion battery including a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A-1) which contains 2 to 60 mol % of structural units derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a) and 10 to 70 mol % of structural units derived from an unsaturated sulfonic acid or salts thereof (b), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 300,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji OZAKI, Katsuhiko IKEYATSU, Katsuya OKUBO, Satoru AOYAMA, Naoki SASAGAWA, Hideki GODA
  • Publication number: 20210075019
    Abstract: Provided are a binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a slurry for a lithium-ion battery electrode, a lithium-ion battery electrode, and a lithium-ion battery. The binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery electrode contains a water-soluble polymer (A). The water-soluble polymer (A) is a polymer of a monomer group containing, with respect to 100 mol % of the monomer group, 5 mol % to 80 mol % of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether (a). In one embodiment, the monomer group contains 20 mol % to 95 mol % of a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya OKUBO, Hideki GODA, Naoki SASAGAWA, Satoru AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210057748
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, and a lithium-ion battery. The thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery contains a water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) and a divalent or higher valent metal ion. The water-soluble poly(meth)acrylamide (A) contains 2 mol % to 60 mol % of a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylamide group-containing compound (a), and 10 mol % to 50 mol % of a constituent unit derived from one or more unsaturated acids selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids and unsaturated sulfonic acids or an inorganic salt thereof (b). The divalent or higher valent metal ion is contained in an amount of 0.5 mol % to 30 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of an acid group contained in the component (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji OZAKI, Hideki GODA, Naoki SASAGAWA, Satoru AOYAMA, Katsuya OKUBO, Katsuhiko IKEYATSU
  • Publication number: 20210028442
    Abstract: Provided is a composite body capable of increasing the capacity of an electricity storage device and improving rate characteristics. The composite body includes a carbon material having a graphene layered structure and fine particles, the composite body has mesopores, a volume of the mesopores measured according to the BJH method is 0.15 mL/g or more, and a BET specific surface area of the composite body is 900 m2/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shunji Ohara, Takuya Wada, Naoki Sasagawa