Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Kusano
Ryosuke Kusano 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).
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Publication number: 20240149773Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Atsushi KUSANO, Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Satoshi FUJITA, Takako MIYOSHI, Munetaka KOWA, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Yoshikazu ITO, Yosuke HIGASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Ryosuke SATO, Kento UETAKE, Yasuharu OTSUKA, Satoru KANEDA
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Patent number: 11958385Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Ryuichiro Hirose, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Atsushi Kusano, Yoshikazu Ito, Yousuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Patent number: 11932147Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Publication number: 20240014436Abstract: A lithium-ion battery manufacturing device and a lithium-ion battery manufacturing method can suppress variation in thickness and shape distortion of a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery includes a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a separator, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector that are stacked. The lithium-ion battery has a circular frame member that fixes an outer edge of the separator, which is placed between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector, and that seals the cathode active material layer, the separator, and the anode active material layer. The lithium-ion battery manufacturing device includes: a holder that sandwiches the lithium-ion battery from both sides of the stacking direction; and a sealing device that has a frame-shaped heater, which heat-seals an outer edge of the lithium-ion battery by heating the frame member placed at the outer edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Mayu NAITOU, Shinya KOBAYASHI, Ryosuke KUSANO
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Publication number: 20230361370Abstract: This invention has an objective to increase the collected amounts of lithium contained in a lithium-ion battery. A recycling method for a lithium-ion battery comprising: a first discharging step, which increases an amount of lithium included in a cathode active material by discharging the lithium-ion battery via a load with a first resistance value; a second discharging step, which further increases the amount of lithium included in the cathode active material by discharging the lithium-ion battery via a load with a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value; and a collecting step, which collects the cathode active material from the lithium-ion battery after the second discharging step.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Yasuhiro SHINDO, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Ryosuke KUSANO, Kaho SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11811023Abstract: Provided is a lithium-ion assembled battery in which two or more single cells are laminated and the DC resistance value between the single cells is low.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: APB CorporationInventors: Hideaki Horie, Shun Kudoh, Ryosuke Kusano, Yasuhiro Tsudo
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Publication number: 20230318094Abstract: A battery cell (1) has an electrode composition, a frame member (3) placed annularly so as to surround the electrode composition, and a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode current collector for closing openings of the frame member (3) from both sides in the thickness direction. The frame member (3) has a fragile portion (9) for communicating inside and outside of the frame member (3) when the pressure inside the frame member increases above a certain level. The battery cell (1) in question allows increase in the pressure inside the frame member (3), thereby preventing damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Yohji Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yusuke Nakashima, Kaho Suzuki, Yuya Tanaka, Yuki Nekohashi, Ryosuke Kusano
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Patent number: 11637334Abstract: A cell system includes: a stacked-type cell module (100) having a plurality of lithium ion unit cells (1) being stacked and having through holes (3a, 3b) formed therein; a gas supply part (31); a cooling liquid supply part (32); a temperature sensor (35); and a control part (36) that controls switching between a normal control mode and a high-temperature control mode based on a signal from the temperature sensor (35). In the normal control mode, the control part (36) controls the gas supply part (31) to supply a gas to the through holes (3a, 3b), and at the same time, controls the cooling liquid supply part (32) to stop supply of a cooling liquid, and in the high-temperature control mode, the control part (36) controls the cooling liquid supply part (32) to supply the cooling liquid to the through holes (3a, 3b) to which the gas is supplied, and at the same time, controls the gas supply part (31) to stop supply of the gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: APB CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Horie, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yusuke Mizuno, Ryosuke Kusano, Yuki Nekohashi, Yusuke Nakashima, Kotaro Nasu, Naoya Omae
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Publication number: 20230053222Abstract: Provided is a lithium-ion assembled battery in which two or more single cells are laminated and the DC resistance value between the single cells is low.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Shun Kudoh, Ryosuke Kusano, Yasuhiro Tsudo
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Publication number: 20220263064Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a lithium ion battery having a set of a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector laminated in this order, and having a configuration in which outer peripheries of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer are sealed with a sealing material and an electrolytic solution is enclosed, the method including: a step of manufacturing a positive electrode and/or a negative electrode by an electrode manufacturing step including a supply step of preparing a frame-shaped sealing material and a bottom member, and supplying an electrode active material composition containing electrode active material particles and an electrolytic solution to a space surrounded by the sealing material and the bottom member, and a compression step of compressing the electrode active material coType: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: APB CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Ryosuke KUSANO, Yuichiro YOKOYAMA, Yuki NEKOHASHI, Kenichiro ENOKI, Yuya TANAKA, Hideaki HORIE
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Patent number: 11380901Abstract: A resin current collector provides means for improving the cycle characteristics in a lithium ion battery and includes a polyolefin resin, and a conductive carbon filler. The total surface area of the conductive carbon filler contained in 1 g of the resin current collector is 7.0 m2 or more and 10.5 m2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Kusano, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Publication number: 20220190348Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion battery having a current collector and an electrode composition layer formed on a surface of the current collector, where the electrode composition layer contains coated electrode active material particles, each of which is obtained by coating at least a part of a surface of an electrode active material particle with a coating layer containing a polymer compound, the current collector has a conductive base material and a conductive composition layer containing a polymer compound and a conductive filler, on a surface of the conductive base material, the surface being in contact with the electrode composition layer, and the polymer compound contained in the conductive composition layer and the polymer compound contained in the coating layer have the same composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: APB CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke KUSANO, Hideaki HORIE
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Patent number: 11355758Abstract: A current collector for a lithium ion battery includes a first conductive resin layer and a second conductive resin layer. The first conductive resin layer includes a first conductive filler. The second conductive resin layer is formed on the first conductive resin layer and includes a second conductive filler. The first conductive filler is a conductive carbon. The second conductive filler contains at least one kind of metal element selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, copper, nickel, and titanium. A volume % of the second conductive filler in the second conductive resin layer on a first surface side, which is a first conductive resin layer side, is higher than that on the second surface side that is opposite to the first conductive resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignees: GUNZE LIMITED, APB CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Onishi, Masahiro Uchimaru, Ryosuke Kusano, Sonomi Fukuyama, Shun Kudoh, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Hideaki Horie
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Publication number: 20220045334Abstract: A resin current collector is a current collector for a positive electrode of a lithium ion battery. This resin current collector includes a polyolefin resin and a conductive carbon filler. With this resin current collector, a value obtained by dividing the yield point strength in the TD (Traverse Direction) by the yield point strength in the MD (Machine Direction) is at least 0.75 and at most 1.10, and the ten-point average roughness Rz in the TD is less than 4 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Takehiro ISO, Kazuaki ONISHI, Hiroyuki NONAKA, Yasuji MARUYAMA,, Ryosuke KUSANO, Sonomi FUKUYAMA, Shun KUDOH, Yasuhiro TSUDO, Hideaki HORIE
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Publication number: 20220045333Abstract: A current collector for a lithium ion battery includes a first conductive resin layer and a second conductive resin layer. The first conductive resin layer includes a first conductive filler. The second conductive resin layer is formed on the first conductive resin layer and includes a second conductive filler. The first conductive filler is a conductive carbon. The second conductive filler contains at least one kind of metal element selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, copper, nickel, and titanium. A volume % of the second conductive filler in the second conductive resin layer on a first surface side, which is a first conductive resin layer side, is higher than that on the second surface side that is opposite to the first conductive resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Kazuaki ONISHI, Masahiro UCHIMARU, Ryosuke KUSANO, Sonomi FUKUYAMA, Shun KUDOH, Yasuhiro TSUDO, Hideaki HORIE
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Publication number: 20210408525Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., GUNZE LIMITEDInventors: Ryosuke KUSANO, Yasuhiro TSUDO, Yasuji MARUYAMA, Kazuaki ONISHI, Yasuhiko OHSAWA, Yuki KUSACHI, Hajime SATOU, Hiroshi AKAMA, Hideaki HORIE
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Publication number: 20210313632Abstract: A cell system includes: a stacked-type cell module (100) having a plurality of lithium ion unit cells (1) being stacked and having through holes (3a, 3b) formed therein; a gas supply part (31); a cooling liquid supply part (32); a temperature sensor (35); and a control part (36) that controls switching between a normal control mode and a high-temperature control mode based on a signal from the temperature sensor (35). In the normal control mode, the control part (36) controls the gas supply part (31) to supply a gas to the through holes (3a, 3b), and at the same time, controls the cooling liquid supply part (32) to stop supply of a cooling liquid, and in the high-temperature control mode, the control part (36) controls the cooling liquid supply part (32) to supply the cooling liquid to the through holes (3a, 3b) to which the gas is supplied, and at the same time, controls the gas supply part (31) to stop supply of the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Yasuhiro SHINDO, Yusuke MIZUNO, Ryosuke KUSANO, Yuki NEKOHASHI, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Kotaro NASU, Naoya OMAE
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Publication number: 20210257625Abstract: A resin current collector exhibits liquid bleeding prevention properties and low resistance, suppresses the generation of an oxidation current, and exhibits moldability that enables film thinning. The resin current collector contains a polyolefin resin and two kinds of conductive carbon fillers, a first conductive carbon filler and a second conductive carbon filler, in which the first conductive carbon filler is graphite or carbon black, the second conductive carbon filler is a carbon nanotube or a carbon nanofiber having a specific surface area of 35 to 300 m2/g, a total surface area of the first conductive carbon filler contained in 1 g of the resin current collector is 0.5 to 9.0 m2, and a mass proportion of the first conductive carbon filler is 30% by mass or less with respect to a mass of the resin current collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Ikeda, Ryosuke Kusano, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Yasuhiko Osawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Sato, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
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Publication number: 20210028436Abstract: A method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which the internal resistance of the battery is decreased, and which has a high capacity and high cycle durability, is provided. A method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that comprises a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of the current collector, the electrode active material layer comprising a non-bound body including an electrode active material, the method comprising a step of applying an electrode active material slurry including an electrode active material, a lithium salt, and a non-aqueous solvent on the surface of the current collector and thereby forming a coating film, wherein a water content of the electrode active material slurry is less than 500 ppm by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takeshi Nakano, Wataru Ogihara, Kenichi Kawakita, Yusuke Nakashima, Ryosuke Kusano
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Publication number: 20200243867Abstract: A resin current collector provides means for improving the cycle characteristics in a lithium ion battery and includes a polyolefin resin, and a conductive carbon filler. The total surface area of the conductive carbon filler contained in 1 g of the resin current collector is 7.0 m2 or more and 10.5 m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Ryosuke Kusano, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie