Patents by Inventor Nariaki Miki

Nariaki Miki 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: 20160380266
    Abstract: A cathode active material layer used for an all solid lithium battery, comprising a flat cathode active material with a hollowness in a range of more than 0% to 10%, and a solid electrolyte material, characterized in that the flat cathode active material has an aspect ratio (long axis length/short axis length) of 1.5 or more in a section in a thickness direction of the cathode active material layer, and a ratio of the flat cathode active material of which the short axis direction corresponds to a thickness direction of the cathode active material layer is 30% or more with respect to the whole cathode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya SUZUKI, Hajime HASEGAWA, Nariaki MIKI
  • Publication number: 20160315324
    Abstract: An active material composite particle is capable of suppressing a reaction with a sulfide solid electrolyte material at high temperature. The active material composite particle may include an oxide active material of rock salt bed type and a coat layer containing lithium niobate formed on a surface of the oxide active material, wherein a thickness of the coat layer is in the range of 25 nm to 94 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nariaki MIKI, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Kouichi SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20160268595
    Abstract: Provided is an active material composite particle with which the reaction resistance of a battery can be reduced. The active material composite particle includes an active material and a lithium niobate layer formed on a surface of the active material, wherein the lithium niobate layer includes nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nariaki MIKI
  • Publication number: 20160211519
    Abstract: Provided is an active material composite powder with which resistance can be reduced, and a method for manufacturing the active material composite powder. The active material composite powder includes an active material and lithium niobate attached onto the surface of the active material, and its BET specific surface area S [m2/g] is 0.93<S<1.44, and the method for manufacturing an active material composite powder includes a spraying and drying step of spraying a solution including lithium and a peroxo complex of niobium onto the active material and at the same time drying the solution, and a heating treatment step of carrying out a heating treatment after the spraying and drying step, wherein the temperature of the heating treatment is higher than 123° C. and lower than 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Nariaki MIKI, Yoshiaki AIKI, Koji TANOUE
  • Patent number: 9385363
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite active material having an active material and a coat layer containing an ion conductive oxide and formed on a surface of the active material, including: applied film forming step of forming an applied film by applying a coating liquid for coat layer, containing an alkoxide compound as a raw material of the ion conductive oxide, on a surface of the active material under an atmosphere of lower dew-point temperature than dew-point temperature where the active material deteriorates; hydrolysis promoting step of promoting hydrolysis of the alkoxide compound by exposing the applied film under an atmosphere of higher dew-point temperature than dew-point temperature in the applied film forming step; and heat-treating step of forming the coat layer by heat-treating the applied film after the hydrolysis promoting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nariaki Miki, Takayuki Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 9362548
    Abstract: The invention provides a solid-state battery electrode formed of a lithium ion conductor, an active material, and a solid electrolyte and including a granule that contains a plurality of lithium ion conductors and a plurality of active materials, as well as a method of producing a solid-state battery electrode that has a step of preparing a granule that contains a plurality of lithium ion conductors and a plurality of active materials and a step of uniformly mixing the granule with a solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nariaki Miki
  • Patent number: 9325001
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a composite active material, which may restrain cracking and peeling of a coating layer, when the composite active material having an active material and the coating layer for coating the surface thereof is kneaded. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a composite active material including an active material and a coating layer for coating the surface of the above-mentioned active material, in which microparticles are disposed on the surface thereof, characterized in that the above-mentioned microparticles have a smaller particle diameter than the particle diameter of the active material, and contain Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nariaki Miki
  • Patent number: 9190663
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a composite active material provided with a coating layer having satisfactory electron conductivity. The object is attained by providing a composite active material including an active material and a coating layer that is formed on the surface of the active material and contains a carbonaceous material and an ion conductive oxide, wherein the elemental carbon concentration of the coating layer surface is 17.0 atm % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nariaki Miki
  • Publication number: 20150311507
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a composite active material having favorable electron conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a composite active material comprising an active material, a coat layer with an average thickness of less than 100 nm, formed on a surface of the active material and composed of an ion conductive oxide, and carbon particles penetrating the coat layer, formed on a surface of the active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Nariaki MIKI, Masahiro IWASAKI, Hajime HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150287985
    Abstract: An active material powder includes an active material particle, and a coating layer. The coating layer contains LiNbO3 and has pores. When a total volume of pores having a diameter of 2 nm to 7 nm and a total volume of pores having a diameter of 2 nm to 200 nm are respectively represented by V1 and V2, V1/V2 is 0.185 or less. In addition, a method of producing an active material powder includes: obtaining, with a fluidized bed granulating-coating machine, a powder including an active material particle to which an alkoxide compound is attached; and promoting hydrolysis of the alkoxide compound by exposing the powder to a humidified inert gas atmosphere. An intake-gas temperature of the fluidized bed granulating-coating machine is 100° C. or higher. A time during which the powder is exposed to the humidified inert gas atmosphere is four hours or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Nariaki MIKI
  • Publication number: 20150110951
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electrode active material and a method for producing the same capable of preventing production of foreign substance, poor coating and deterioration of electrode active material upon covering the surface of the electrode active material with ion conductive oxide, decreasing battery resistance and having higher output of battery. Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode active material, the surface of which is covered with ion conductive oxide, comprising the steps of: preparing an alkoxide solution by mixing at least alkoxide compound and liquid water; and applying and drying the alkoxide solution on a surface of an electrode active material under dry atmosphere, and an electrode active material, the surface of which is covered with ion conductive oxide, wherein an area on the surface of the electrode active material occupied by a substance other than the ion conductive oxide is 21% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Nariaki MIKI
  • Publication number: 20140302229
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a composite active material provided with a coating layer having satisfactory electron conductivity. The object is attained by providing a composite active material including an active material and a coating layer that is formed on the surface of the active material and contains a carbonaceous material and an ion conductive oxide, wherein the elemental carbon concentration of the coating layer surface is 17.0 atm % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Nariaki Miki
  • Publication number: 20140079873
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electrode active material and a method for producing the same capable of preventing production of foreign substance, poor coating and deterioration of electrode active material upon covering the surface of the electrode active material with ion conductive oxide, decreasing battery resistance and having higher output of battery. Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode active material, the surface of which is covered with ion conductive oxide, comprising the steps of: preparing an alkoxide solution by mixing at least alkoxide compound and liquid water; and applying and drying the alkoxide solution on a surface of an electrode active material under dry atmosphere, and an electrode active material, the surface of which is covered with ion conductive oxide, wherein an area on the surface of the electrode active material occupied by a substance other than the ion conductive oxide is 21% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nariaki Miki, Takayuki Uchiyama, Tomoya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130316237
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a composite active material, which may restrain cracking and peeling of a coating layer, when the composite active material having an active material and the coating layer for coating the surface thereof is kneaded. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a composite active material including an active material and a coating layer for coating the surface of the above-mentioned active material, in which microparticles are disposed on the surface thereof, characterized in that the above-mentioned microparticles have a smaller particle diameter than the particle diameter of the active material, and contain Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nariaki Miki
  • Publication number: 20130295451
    Abstract: The invention provides a solid-state battery electrode formed of a lithium ion conductor, an active material, and a solid electrolyte and including a granule that contains a plurality of lithium ion conductors and a plurality of active materials, as well as a method of producing a solid-state battery electrode that has a step of preparing a granule that contains a plurality of lithium ion conductors and a plurality of active materials and a step of uniformly mixing the granule with a solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nariaki Miki
  • Publication number: 20130171526
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite active material having an active material and a coat layer containing an ion conductive oxide and formed on a surface of the active material, including: applied film forming step of forming an applied film by applying a coating liquid for coat layer, containing an alkoxide compound as a raw material of the ion conductive oxide, on a surface of the active material under an atmosphere of lower dew-point temperature than dew-point temperature where the active material deteriorates; hydrolysis promoting step of promoting hydrolysis of the alkoxide compound by exposing the applied film under an atmosphere of higher dew-point temperature than dew-point temperature in the applied film forming step; and heat-treating step of forming the coat layer by heat-treating the applied film after the hydrolysis promoting step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Nariaki Miki, Takayuki Uchiyama