Patents by Inventor Norihiro Ose

Norihiro Ose 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: 20190013541
    Abstract: Disclosed is an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. The battery may be an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein an anode comprises anode active material particles, an electroconductive material and a solid electrolyte; wherein the anode active material particles comprise at least one active material selected from the group consisting of elemental silicon and SiO; and wherein a BET specific surface area of the anode active material particles is 1.9 m2/g or more and 14.2 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA, Kazuyuki TANIGUCHI, Yoshiyasu YAMADA, Tetsuo NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20190013542
    Abstract: Disclosed is an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. The battery may be an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein an anode comprises anode active material particles, an electroconductive material and a solid electrolyte; wherein the anode active material particles comprise at least one active material selected from the group consisting of elemental silicon and SiO; and wherein, for the anode active material particles, a value A obtained by the following formula (1) is 6.1 or more and 54.8 or less: A=SBET×dmed×D??Formula (1) where SBET is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the anode active material particles; dmed is a median diameter D50 (?m) of the anode active material particles; and D is a density (g/cm3) of the anode active material particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA, Kazuyuki TANIGUCHI, Yoshiyasu YAMADA, Tetsuo NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 10128675
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery system comprising an all-solid-state battery comprising a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode active material layer, and a control device configured to control a charge-discharge voltage during use of the all-solid-state battery. The negative electrode active material layer includes alloy negative electrode active material particles. The amorphization degree of the alloy negative electrode active material particles is in the range of 27.8% to 82.8% and a ratio Z/W is in the range of 0.32 to 0.60, where Z is a controlled discharge capacity of the all-solid-state battery, and W is a theoretical capacity of the alloy negative electrode active material particles×a total weight of the alloy negative electrode active material particles×the amorphization degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Keisuke Omori, Norihiro Ose, Hajime Hasegawa, Kengo Haga
  • Publication number: 20180323631
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery system comprising an all-solid-state battery comprising a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode active material layer, and a control device configured to control a charge-discharge voltage during use of the all-solid-state battery. The negative electrode active material layer includes alloy negative electrode active material particles. The amorphization degree of the alloy negative electrode active material particles is in the range of 27.8% to 82.8% and a ratio Z/W is in the range of 0.32 to 0.60, where Z is a controlled discharge capacity of the all-solid-state battery, and W is a theoretical capacity of the alloy negative electrode active material particles×a total weight of the alloy negative electrode active material particles×the amorphization degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Keisuke OMORI, Norihiro OSE, Hajime HASEGAWA, Kengo HAGA
  • Publication number: 20180316066
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which the unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180316065
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which sneak current caused by an unevenness of a short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells, is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180316049
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which an unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a stacked battery comprising: a plurality of cells in a thickness direction, wherein the plurality of cells are electrically connected in parallel; each of the plurality of cells includes a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector, in this order; the stacked battery includes a surface-side cell that is located on a surface side of the stacked battery, and a center-side cell that is located on a center side rather than the surface-side cell; and a contact resistance between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector in the surface-side cell is more than a contact resistance between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector in the center-side cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180316048
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which an unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180315984
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stacked battery that can flow a larger rounding current in a short-circuit current shunt part than in an electric element when a short circuit occurs in the short-circuit current shunt part and the electric element in nailing, the stacked battery in which an electrical resistance of a current collector tab of the short-circuit current shunt part is smaller than an electrical resistance of a current collector tab of the electric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180301746
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anode mixture configured to provide an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery being excellent in cycle characteristics when it is used in the battery, an anode including the anode mixture, and an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including the anode. The anode mixture may be an anode mixture for an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein the anode mixture contains an anode active material, a solid electrolyte and an electroconductive material; and wherein a value obtained by multiplying, by a bulk density of the solid electrolyte, a volume percentage (%) of the electroconductive material when a volume of the anode mixture is determined as 100 volume %, is 0.53 or more and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro OSE, Hajime HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINTSU, Mitsutoshi OTAKI
  • Publication number: 20180301747
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery being excellent in cycle characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro OSE, Hajime HASEGAWA, Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Yusuke KINTSU
  • Publication number: 20180301689
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery being excellent in cycle characteristics. The production method may be a method for producing an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein the method comprises: an anode mixture forming step of obtaining an anode mixture by drying a raw material for an anode mixture, which contains an anode active material, a solid electrolyte and an electroconductive material; and wherein, a value obtained by dividing a volume percentage (%) of the electroconductive material when the volume of the anode mixture is determined as 100 volume %, by a voidage V (%) of the inside of the anode mixture calculated by the following formula (1), is 2.3 or more and 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro OSE, Hajime HASEGAWA, Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Yusuke KINTSU
  • Publication number: 20180301753
    Abstract: Provided are an anode mixture configured to provide excellent cycle characteristics when used in an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, an anode containing the anode mixture, and an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery containing the anode. Disclosed is an anode mixture for an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein the anode mixture contains an anode active material, a solid electrolyte and an electroconductive material; wherein the anode active material contains at least one active material selected from the group consisting of a metal that is able to form an alloy with Li and an oxide of the metal; and wherein a value obtained by dividing, by a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the solid electrolyte, a volume percentage (%) of the electroconductive material when a volume of the anode mixture is determined as 100 volume %, is 0.09 or more and 1.61 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro OSE, Hajime HASEGAWA, Yusuke KINTSU, Mitsutoshi OTAKI
  • Publication number: 20180294469
    Abstract: In an all-solid-state battery including at least one short-circuit current shunt part and at least one electric element which are stacked, when the battery is constrained, cracking etc. of the adhesive in the short-circuit current shunt pail is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA
  • Publication number: 20180294468
    Abstract: Disclosed is an all-solid-state battery that makes it possible for a larger rounding current flow into a short-circuit current shunt part than to each electric element when the short-circuit current shunt part and the electric elements short-circuit in nail penetration testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
  • Publication number: 20180294471
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stacked battery including at least one short-circuit current shunt part and electric elements, wherein: the shunt part includes first and second current collector layers, and an insulating layer provided between the first and second current collector layers, all of these layers being stacked; each power generation element includes a cathode current collector layer, a cathode material layer, an electrolyte layer, an anode material layer, and an anode current collector layer all of these layers being stacked; the first current collector layer is electrically connected to the cathode current collector layer and the second current collector layer to the anode current collector layer; the electric elements are electrically connected in parallel; and the shunt part next to the electric elements includes a PPTC layer between the first current collector layer and the insulating layer and/or between the second current collector layer and the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
  • Publication number: 20180294470
    Abstract: A short-circuit current shunt part does not cause any short circuit during normal battery use, causes stable short circuits in nail penetration, and suppresses sudden temperature rise after nail penetration. A stacked battery includes at least one short-circuit current shunt part including first and second current collector layers, and an insulating layer between the first and second current collector layers, and electric elements each including a cathode current collector layer, a cathode material layer, an electrolyte layer, an anode material layer, and an anode current collector layer, with all layers being stacked. The first current collector layer is electrically connected with the cathode current collector layer, the second current collector layer is electrically connected with the anode current collector layer, the electric elements are electrically connected to each other in parallel, and the short-circuit current shunt part insulating layer formed of a thermosetting resin sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
  • Publication number: 20180294531
    Abstract: A method of producing an all-solid battery includes pressing a laminate in a state where the laminate is insulated from a press machine. The laminate includes a negative electrode current collector layer, a negative electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode active material layer. The negative electrode current collector layer includes copper, at least one of the negative electrode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid electrolyte, and the press machine is an anisotropic press machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kengo HAGA, Tomoya SUZUKI, Norihiro OSE, Akiji HAYASHI, Hiroyuki INOUE, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Hajime HASEGAWA, Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Shigenori HAMA, Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI, Dai KATO
  • Patent number: 10079383
    Abstract: An all-solid battery that includes a negative electrode layer, a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, a negative electrode current collector connected to the negative electrode layer, and a positive electrode current collector connected to the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte, the negative electrode current collector contains a metal that reacts with the sulfide solid electrolyte, a sulfur compound layer that contains a sulfur compound generated by a reaction of the sulfide solid electrolyte and the metal is present between the negative electrode layer and the negative electrode current collector, charge capacity when constant current charge was conducted up to 3.6 V at 0.3 C or more and 3.6 C or less in an initial charge after preparation of the all-solid battery is 50 mAh/g or more and 90 mAh/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kengo Haga, Norihiro Ose, Hajime Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20180212227
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid lithium battery with excellent capacity durability. The above object is achieved by providing an anode layer to be used in an all solid lithium battery, the anode layer comprising: a metal particle capable of being alloyed with Li, as an active material; and the metal particle has two kinds or more of crystal orientation in one particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA