Patents by Inventor Naoto Maru

Naoto Maru 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: 12155090
    Abstract: A partition member has a thickness direction and a surface direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and partitions between unit batteries constituting an assembled battery in the thickness direction. The partition member comprises an exterior body including at least sealant resin layers and base material layers, and a liquid accommodated in the exterior body. The exterior body has a sealing portion in which the sealant resin layers are overlapped and joined in a region including an outer edge thereof. A width W (mm) of the sealing portion, a circumferential length L (mm) of the sealing portion, an average interval D (mm) between the two base material layers facing each other in the sealing portion, and a weight A (g) of the liquid satisfy Equation 1 below (L×D)/(W×A)?10.0??Equation 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Ninomiya, Naoto Maru, Tatsuhiko Honda
  • Publication number: 20240282921
    Abstract: Particles may have a chromaticity b* of 2.0 or less. Such particles may include graphite (A) and particles (B) containing a silicon element. The chromaticity b* of the particles is preferably 0.2 or more and 1.1 or less, and the chromaticity a* of the particles is preferably 0.2 or more and 1.2 or less. A method can manufacture a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, and the negative electrode active material layer contains such graphite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki ENATSU, Naoto MARU, Tooru FUSE
  • Publication number: 20240258500
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMADA, Nobuyuki ISHIWATARI, Naoto MARU, Atsushi WATARAI
  • Patent number: 11961996
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamada, Nobuyuki Ishiwatari, Naoto Maru, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20240063486
    Abstract: A partition member which has a thickness direction and a planar direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and which constitutes a partition between single batteries in the thickness direction or between a single battery and a member other than the single battery, wherein the partition member includes a thermal insulation material, and an auxiliary member which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the thermal insulation material in the planar direction and regulates a degree of contraction of the thermal insulation material in the thickness direction. A ratio of a density of the auxiliary member relative to a density of the thermal insulation material is 0.50 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HONDA, Naoto MARU
  • Patent number: 11837742
    Abstract: A partition member which has a thickness direction and a planar direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and which constitutes a partition between single batteries in the thickness direction or between a single battery and a member other than the single battery, wherein the partition member includes a thermal insulation material, and an auxiliary member which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the thermal insulation material in the planar direction and regulates a degree of contraction of the thermal insulation material in the thickness direction. A ratio of a density of the auxiliary member relative to a density of the thermal insulation material is 0.50 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Honda, Naoto Maru
  • Publication number: 20230108286
    Abstract: A composite comprising a compound formed using a multistage magnesiothermic reduction reaction, wherein the compound comprises particles comprising silicon and oxygen. Applications of the composite in electrochemical cells are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Galen D. Stucky, Xudong Hu, Yang Zhao, Hengbin Wang, Naoto Maru
  • Patent number: 11515590
    Abstract: A partition member includes an encapsulated body capable of retaining a liquid, and an outer package body for accommodating the encapsulated body and the liquid. The area S1 of the encapsulated body when the outer package body and the encapsulated body are seen in a planar view from the thickness direction and the area S2 of a gap between the outer package body and the encapsulated body satisfy the relationship represented by formula 1 below, and the volume V1 of the liquid and the volume V2 of the encapsulated body satisfy the relationship represented by formula 2 below. S1/(S1+S2)?0.99 and??Formula 1 0.02?V1/V2?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Honda, Naoto Maru, Tomohiro Kawai, Iwao Soga
  • Publication number: 20220006158
    Abstract: A partition member has a thickness direction and a surface direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and partitions between unit batteries constituting an assembled battery in the thickness direction. The partition member comprises an exterior body including at least sealant resin layers and base material layers, and a liquid accommodated in the exterior body. The exterior body has a sealing portion in which the sealant resin layers are overlapped and joined in a region including an outer edge thereof. A width W (mm) of the sealing portion, a circumferential length L (mm) of the sealing portion, an average interval D (mm) between the two base material layers facing each other in the sealing portion, and a weight A (g) of the liquid satisfy Equation 1 below. (L×D)/(W×A)?10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya NINOMIYA, Naoto MARU, Tatsuhiko HONDA
  • Patent number: 11183679
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which has a high capacity and exhibits excellent low-temperature input-output characteristics, charge-discharge rate characteristics, cycle characteristics, and the like; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery, which include the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes silicon oxide particles (A) and a carbon material (B), wherein the silicon oxide particles (A) contain zero-valent silicon atoms, and the carbon material (B) has a volume resistivity of less than 0.14 ?·cm at a powder density of 1.1 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishiwatari, Shunsuke Yamada, Naoto Maru, Koji Fukamizu
  • Publication number: 20210249691
    Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery includes a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, a negative electrode containing Si atoms, and a positive electrode. The solution contains a nonaqueous solvent, a compound represented by the Formula (1), and an unsaturated bond-containing carbonate; the content of the compound with respect to the whole solution is 0.07 wt % to 15.0 wt %; the content of the carbonate with respect to the whole solution is 0.2 wt % to 8.0 wt %; and, in the negative electrode, the ratio of an active substance (A) containing SiOx (0.5?x?1.6) with respect to all active substances is 9.0 wt % or lower: wherein, R1 to R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which optionally has a halogen atom; at least one of R1 to R3 is a halogen atom-containing alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and n represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aiko WATANABE, Naoto MARU
  • Patent number: 11075385
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which prevents increase in negative electrode resistance and improves initial charge/discharge efficiency and the effect of preventing gas generation and which is excellent in cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which comprises an active material (A) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and an organic compound (B), wherein the organic compound (B) has a basic group and a lithium ion-coordinating group, and has a specific structure (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuya Arikawa, Teruyuki Okayasu, Rie Fujita, Aoi Sakai, Naomi Fujimori, Nobuhiko Ueno, Naoto Maru
  • Publication number: 20210057730
    Abstract: A negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, the negative electrode material comprising carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), the carbonaceous particles (A) having a 10%-particle size displacement pressure of 10 MPa or less, the 10%-particle size displacement pressure being measured using a micro-compression testing machine by a specific measuring method, the silicon oxide particles (B) having a median diameter (D50) of 0.8 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less. It is preferred that the content of the silicon oxide particles (B) is less than 30% by weight of a total content of the carbonaceous particles (A) and the silicon oxide particles (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto MARU, Shunsuke YAMADA, Hisako KONDO
  • Publication number: 20210013471
    Abstract: A partition member which has a thickness direction and a planar direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and which constitutes a partition between single batteries in the thickness direction or between a single battery and a member other than the single battery, wherein the partition member includes a thermal insulation material, and an auxiliary member which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the thermal insulation material in the planar direction and regulates a degree of contraction of the thermal insulation material in the thickness direction. A ratio of a density of the auxiliary member relative to a density of the thermal insulation material is 0.50 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HONDA, Naoto MARU
  • Publication number: 20200295415
    Abstract: A partition member includes an encapsulated body capable of retaining a liquid, and an outer package body for accommodating the encapsulated body and the liquid. The area S1 of the encapsulated body when the outer package body and the encapsulated body are seen in a planar view from the thickness direction and the area S2 of a gap between the outer package body and the encapsulated body satisfy the relationship represented by formula 1 below, and the volume V1 of the liquid and the volume V2 of the encapsulated body satisfy the relationship represented by formula 2 below. S1/(S1+S2)?0.99 and??Formula 1: 0.02?V1/V2?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HONDA, Naoto MARU, Tomohiro KAWAI, Iwao SOGA
  • Publication number: 20200287256
    Abstract: A partition member includes an encapsulated body capable of retaining a liquid and an outer package body having an internal space for accommodating the liquid and the encapsulated body in a sealed state. The ratio of a water absorption rate 2 to a water absorption rate 1, [water absorption rate 2]/[water absorption rate 1], is at least 0.4. The water absorption rate 1 indicates the water absorption rate when the encapsulated body is compressed for 1 minute at a pressure of 0.05 kgf/cm2, and the water absorption rate 2 indicates the water absorption rate when the encapsulated body is compressed for 1 minute at a pressure of 5 kgf/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HONDA, Tomohiro KAWAI, Naoto MARU
  • Publication number: 20190312257
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which has a high capacity and exhibits excellent low-temperature input-output characteristics, charge-discharge rate characteristics, cycle characteristics, and the like; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery, which include the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes silicon oxide particles (A) and a carbon material (B), wherein the silicon oxide particles (A) contain zero-valent silicon atoms, and the carbon material (B) has a volume resistivity of less than 0.14 ?·cm at a powder density of 1.1 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki ISHIWATARI, Shunsuke Yamada, Naoto Maru, Koji Fukamizu
  • Publication number: 20190273248
    Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke YAMADA, Nobuyuki ISHIWATARI, Naoto MARU, Atsushi WATARAI
  • Publication number: 20170271681
    Abstract: A method to prepare a negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous secondary battery is provided. The negative electrode active material comprises an active material (A) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and an organic compound (B), wherein the organic compound (B) is hardly soluble in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, has a ?-conjugated structure, and has an electric conductivity at 25° C. of 0.1 S/cm or less. The method includes dissolving or dispersing the organic compound (B) in a solvent, mixing the active material (A) with the organic compound (B) in the solvent; and removing the solvent from the mixture of the active material (A) and the organic compound (B) by filtering or by heating to obtain the negative electrode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuya ARIKAWA, Teruyuki OKAYASU, Rie FUJITA, Aoi SAKAI, Naomi FUJIMORI, Nobuhiko UENO, Naoto MARU
  • Publication number: 20140356708
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which prevents increase in negative electrode resistance and improves initial charge/discharge efficiency and the effect of preventing gas generation and which is excellent in cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which comprises an active material (A) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and an organic compound (B), wherein the organic compound (B) has a basic group and a lithium ion-coordinating group, and has a specific structure (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuya ARIKAWA, Teruyuki Okayasu, Rie Fujita, Aoi Sakai, Naomi Fujimori, Nobuhiko Ueno, Naoto Maru