Patents by Inventor Noboru Aotani

Noboru Aotani 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).

  • Solid-state lithium secondary battery
    Patent number: 5677081
    Abstract: A solid-state lithium secondary battery having a high safety and being free from the formation and growth of lithium dendrites is disclosed. It comprises a cathode having as an active material at least one compound selected from the group consisting of oxides and sulfides of a transition metal, a lithium ion-conductive solid electrolyte of a glass comprising Li.sub.2 S, and an anode having as an active material a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium, wherein at least one of the cathode active material and anode active material contains lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Iwamoto, Noboru Aotani, Kazunori Takada, Shigeo Kondo
  • Fibrous solid electrolyte, cell using the electrolyte and process for producing the electrolyte
    Patent number: 5589296
    Abstract: An ion conductive, fibrous solid electrolyte having a high ion conductivity, a distinguished mechanical strength and a good processability is provided by making an ion conductive solid electrolyte fibrous and glassy and shaping the resulting fibrous glassy solid electrolyte alone or together with thermoplastic resin fibers, and the shaped product is used in a cell as a solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Iwamoto, Noboru Aotani, Kazunori Takada, Shigeo Kondo