Patents by Inventor Naoto Miyake

Naoto Miyake 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).

  • Publication number: 20240063509
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Jörg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Publication number: 20230420804
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are improved separators for lead acid batteries. The separators may include a porous membrane, a rubber, and at least one performance enhancing additive, positive and/or negative ribs, and/or lowered acid leachable total organic carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: J. Kevin Whear, Eric H. Miller, Naoto Miyake, Joerg Deiters
  • Patent number: 11843126
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Jörg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Patent number: 11742550
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are improved separators for lead acid batteries. The separators may include a porous membrane, a rubber, and at least one performance enhancing additive, positive and/or negative ribs, and/or lowered acid leachable total organic carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: J. Kevin Whear, Eric H. Miller, Naoto Miyake, Joerg Deiters
  • Publication number: 20230155252
    Abstract: A battery separator including a porous membrane with a surfactant coating on at least one side thereof is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Eric H. Miller, Margaret R. Roberts, Naoto Miyake, M. Neil Golovin
  • Patent number: 11502374
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Jörg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Publication number: 20210313653
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of improved electrode plate and separator assemblies (400) for lead acid batteries, improved lead acid cells or batteries incorporating the improved assemblies, systems or vehicles incorporating the improved assemblies (400) and/or batteries (100), and methods related thereto. The electrode plate (200, 201) may have a grid (202) of a stamped, cast, or expanded metal manufacturing process. The grid (202) may have a non-uniform application of active material (203). The separators (300) preferably provide a support structure for resisting or mitigating any plate warping or plate deflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: ERIC H. Miller, Sterling Tucker Roe, William L. Walter, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake
  • Publication number: 20210057699
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Jörg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Publication number: 20210020886
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Jörg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Patent number: 10811655
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Joerg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Patent number: 10256493
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a redox flow secondary battery which has low electrical resistance and excellent current efficiency in addition to durability. The present invention relates to: an electrolyte membrane for redox flow secondary batteries, which contains an ion exchange resin composition containing a fluorine-based polymer electrolyte; and a redox flow secondary battery which uses the electrolyte membrane for redox flow secondary batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kato, Naoto Miyake
  • Patent number: 10211474
    Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is to obtain an electrolyte membrane that, as an electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery, is able to suppress the ion permeability of an active substance without detracting from proton (H+) permeability, has superior ion-selective permeability, has low electrical resistivity, and has superior current efficiency. The present invention solves the abovementioned problem by means of the electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery containing a perfluorocarbon sulfonic acid resin having a specific structure and an equivalent weight (EW), and the ion conductivity being adjusted to a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Kato, Naoto Miyake
  • Patent number: 10189927
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an ionomer that can exhibit high oxygen permeability, especially under both low- and high-humidified conditions, and high power generation durability. The high oxygen permeable ionomer includes a specific repeating unit A and repeating unit B and has an equivalent weight of 250 to 930 and a glass transition temperature of 100° C. to 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Ino, Takashi Yoshimura, Masahiro Kondo, Naoto Miyake, Yuichi Inoue, Kuon Miyazaki, Takahiro Tago
  • Publication number: 20180366710
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are improved separators for lead acid batteries. The separators may include a porous membrane, a rubber, and at least one performance enhancing additive, positive and/or negative ribs, and/or lowered acid leachable total organic carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: J. Kevin WHEAR, Eric H. Miller, Naoto Miyake, Joerg Deiters
  • Patent number: 9905875
    Abstract: This redox flow secondary battery has an electrolyte tank (6) containing: a positive electrode cell chamber (2) containing a positive electrode (1) comprising a carbon electrode; a negative electrode cell chamber (4) containing a negative electrode (3) comprising a carbon electrode; and an electrolyte membrane (5) as a barrier membrane that separates/isolates the positive electrode cell chamber (2) and the negative electrode cell chamber (4). The positive electrode cell chamber (2) contains a positive electrode electrolyte containing an active substance, the negative electrode cell chamber (4) contains a negative electrode electrolyte containing an active substance, and the redox flow secondary battery charges and discharges on the basis of the change in valency of the active substances in the electrolytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kato, Naoto Miyake
  • Patent number: 9799906
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a redox flow secondary battery being low in the electric resistance and excellent in the current efficiency as well, and further having the durability. The present invention relates to an electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery, the electrolyte membrane containing an ion-exchange resin composition containing a fluorine-based polyelectrolyte polymer, and having an ion cluster diameter of 1.00 to 2.95 nm as measured in water at 25° C. by a small angle X-ray method, and to a redox flow secondary battery using the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Miyake, Kiyoaki Moriuchi, Michiru Kubata
  • Publication number: 20170294636
    Abstract: A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Mohammed Naiha, Joerg Deiters, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, Eric H. Miller, J. Kevin Whear, Robert W. Saffel, Naoto Miyake, Kanak Kuwelkar
  • Publication number: 20170271698
    Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is to obtain an electrolyte membrane that, as an electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery, is able to suppress the ion permeability of an active substance without detracting from proton (H+) permeability, has superior ion-selective permeability, has low electrical resistivity, and has superior current efficiency. The present invention solves the abovementioned problem by means of the electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery containing a perfluorocarbon sulfonic acid resin having a specific structure and an equivalent weight (EW), and the ion conductivity being adjusted to a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro KATO, Naoto MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20170183435
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an ionomer that can exhibit high oxygen permeability, especially under both low-and high-humidified conditions, and high power generation durability. The high oxygen permeable ionomer includes a specific repeating unit A and repeating unit B and has an equivalent weight of 250 to 930 and a glass transition temperature of 100° C. to 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi INO, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Masahiro KONDO, Naoto MIYAKE, Yuichi INOUE, Kuon MIYAZAKI, Takahiro TAGO
  • Patent number: 9627702
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrolyte emulsion, the method including: Step (1) in which an ethylenic fluoromonomer and a fluorovinyl compound having an SO2Z1 group, wherein Z1 is a halogen element, are copolymerized at a polymerization temperature of 0° C. or higher and 40° C. or lower to provide a precursor emulsion containing a fluoropolymer electrolyte precursor; and Step (2) in which a basic reactive liquid is added to the precursor emulsion and the fluoropolymer electrolyte precursor is chemically treated, whereby an electrolyte emulsion with a fluoropolymer electrolyte dispersed therein is provided, wherein the electrolyte emulsion has an equivalent weight (EW) of 250 or more and 700 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Murai, Naoki Sakamoto, Naoto Miyake, Tadashi Ino, Masaharu Nakazawa, Noriyuki Shinoki, Takashi Yoshimura, Masahiro Kondo