Patents by Inventor Satoru Oshitari

Satoru Oshitari 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).

  • Patent number: 11769875
    Abstract: An electrode material including a carbonaceous-coated electrode active material having primary particles of the electrode active material and secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and a carbonaceous film that coats the primary particles of the electrode active material and the secondary particles that are the aggregates of the primary particles, in which a specific surface area, which is obtained using a nitrogen adsorption method, is 4 m2/g or more and 40 m2/g or less, a volume of micropores per unit mass is 0.05 cm3/g or more and 0.3 cm3/g or less, and an average micropore diameter, which is obtained from the volume of the micropores per unit mass and the specific surface area, is 26 nm or more and 90 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Oono, Satoru Oshitari, Tsutomu Nozoe, Masataka Oyama
  • Patent number: 11699807
    Abstract: The positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes a mixture including a positive electrode active material in which a length of a longest side of a primary particle is 1 nm or more and 1000 nm or less and a NASICON-type compound in which a length of a longest side of a primary particle is 1 nm or more and 1000 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Kouji Oono, Tsutomu Nozoe
  • Publication number: 20230077307
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material that is used in a high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material is made of oxide particles, which contains a first transition element and does not include an alkali metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji OONO, Satoru OSHITARI, Shinichi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220320511
    Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing an olivine-type phosphate-based compound represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 (where A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, V, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y?1.0, 0?z<1.0, 0.9<y+z<1.1) and carbon, wherein the positive electrode material includes an agglomerate wherein primary particles which consist of the olivine-type phosphate-based compound agglomerate, and the agglomerate is a dense agglomerate, wherein a volume density of the agglomerate is 70% by volume or more and 85% by volume or less of a volume density of a solid body which has the same external appearance as the agglomerate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru OSHITARI, Tsutomu NOZOE
  • Patent number: 11289690
    Abstract: An electrode material including a carbonaceous-coated electrode active material having primary particles of an electrode active material, secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and a carbonaceous film that coats the primary particles of the electrode active material and the secondary particles that are the aggregates of the primary particles, in which, in the electrode material, when ten random 180 nm×180 nm views are observed using an electron microscope at a magnification of 100,000 times, the number of free carbon aggregates is three or less, and the number of protrusions twice or more as thick as the carbonaceous film is three or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Oono, Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama
  • Patent number: 11228035
    Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes an olivine-type phosphate-based compound represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 and carbon, and, in transmission electron microscopic observation of a cross section of a secondary particle that is an agglomerate of primary particles of the olivine-type phosphate-based compound, a 300-point average value of filling rates of the carbon that fills insides of voids having a diameter of 5 nm or larger that are formed by the primary particles is 30 to 70%. A is any one of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D is any one of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, and x, y, and z satisfy 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y?1.0, 0?z<1.0, and 0.9<y+z<1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Kouji Oono, Tsutomu Nozoe
  • Patent number: 11189826
    Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes an electrode active material represented by LiFexMn1-w-x-yMgyAwPO4 and a carbonaceous film coating a surface of the electrode active material, a particle diameter D10 of secondary particles is 0.5 ?m or more, a particle diameter D90 of the secondary particles is 25 ?m or less, and a ratio (O/I) of an average value of thicknesses I of the carbonaceous film on the surfaces of the primary particles in a range of 0.3 ?m or less from a center of the secondary particle at 300 measurement points to an average value of thicknesses O of the carbonaceous film on the surfaces of the primary particles in a range of 0.3 ?m or less from an outermost surface of the secondary particle at 300 measurement points is 0.85 or more and less than 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama, Kouji Oono
  • Publication number: 20210305618
    Abstract: The positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes a mixture including a positive electrode active material in which a length of a longest side of a primary particle is 1 nm or more and 1000 nm or less and a NASICON-type compound in which a length of a longest side of a primary particle is 1 nm or more and 1000 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru OSHITARI, Kouji OONO, Tsutomu NOZOE
  • Publication number: 20210296649
    Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes an olivine-type phosphate-based compound represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 and carbon, and, in transmission electron microscopic observation of a cross section of a secondary particle that is an agglomerate of primary particles of the olivine-type phosphate-based compound, a 300-point average value of filling rates of the carbon that fills insides of voids having a diameter of 5 nm or larger that are formed by the primary particles is 30 to 70%. A is any one of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D is any one of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, and x, y, and z satisfy 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y?1.0, 0?z<1.0, and 0.9<y+z<1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru OSHITARI, Kouji OONO, Tsutomu NOZOE
  • Patent number: 10804529
    Abstract: An electrode material including a carbonaceous-coated electrode active material having primary particles of an electrode active material and secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and a carbonaceous film that coats the primary particles of the electrode active material and the secondary particles that are the aggregates of the primary particles, in which a proportion of a volume of micropores having a micropore diameter of 50 nm or less in a volume of micropores having a micropore diameter of 300 nm or less, which is obtained using a nitrogen adsorption method, is 40% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Oono, Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama
  • Publication number: 20200287209
    Abstract: An electrode material including a carbonaceous-coated electrode active material having primary particles of the electrode active material and secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and a carbonaceous film that coats the primary particles of the electrode active material and the secondary particles that are the aggregates of the primary particles, in which a specific surface area, which is obtained using a nitrogen adsorption method, is 4 m2/g or more and 40 m2/g or less, a volume of micropores per unit mass is 0.05 cm3/g or more and 0.3 cm3/g or less, and an average micropore diameter, which is obtained from the volume of the micropores per unit mass and the specific surface area, is 26 nm or more and 90 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Oono, Satoru Oshitari, Tsutomu Nozoe, Masataka Oyama
  • Patent number: 10680240
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an electrode material for a lithium ion battery capable of decreasing a metal elution amount even when an electrode active material having a large specific surface area is used as the electrode material and capable of obtaining a lithium ion battery in which a decrease in a capacity caused by storage at a high temperature in a fully charged state is suppressed and a lithium ion battery. The electrode material for a lithium ion battery includes electrode active material particles and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the electrode active material particles, in which a tap density is 0.95 g/cm3 or more and 1.6 g/cm3 or less, and a volume ratio of micro pores to a total volume that is evaluated from nitrogen adsorption measurement is 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Masataka Oyama, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20200106092
    Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes an electrode active material represented by LiFexMn1-w-x-yMgyAwPO4 and a carbonaceous film coating a surface of the electrode active material, a particle diameter D10 of secondary particles is 0.5 ?m or more, a particle diameter D90 of the secondary particles is 25 ?m or less, and a ratio (O/I) of an average value of thicknesses I of the carbonaceous film on the surfaces of the primary particles in a range of 0.3 ?m or less from a center of the secondary particle at 300 measurement points to an average value of thicknesses of the carbonaceous film on the surfaces of the primary particles in a range of 0.3 ?m or less from an outermost surface of the secondary particle at 300 measurement points is 0.85 or more and less than 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Satoru OSHITARI, Masataka Oyama, Kouji Oono
  • Publication number: 20200106086
    Abstract: An electrode material including a carbonaceous-coated electrode active material having primary particles of an electrode active material and secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and a carbonaceous film that coats the primary particles of the electrode active material and the secondary particles that are the aggregates of the primary particles, in which a proportion of a volume of micropores having a micropore diameter of 50 nm or less in a volume of micropores having a micropore diameter of 300 nm or less, which is obtained using a nitrogen adsorption method, is 40% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji OONO, Satoru OSHITARI, Masataka OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200106087
    Abstract: An electrode material including a carbonaceous-coated electrode active material having primary particles of an electrode active material, secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and a carbonaceous film that coats the primary particles of the electrode active material and the secondary particles that are the aggregates of the primary particles, in which, in the electrode material, when ten random 180 nm×180 nm views are observed using an electron microscope at a magnification of 100,000 times, the number of free carbon aggregates is three or less, and the number of protrusions twice or more as thick as the carbonaceous film is three or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji OONO, Satoru OSHITARI, Masataka OYAMA
  • Patent number: 10547048
    Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium ion battery including an active material represented by LiMPO4 (M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Al, Ga, Mg, and Ca), in which an oil absorption amount for which diethyl carbonate is used (DEC oil absorption amount) is 50 cc/100 g or more and 80 cc/100 g or less, and a ratio (DEC/NMP) of the DEC oil absorption amount to an oil absorption amount for which N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone is used (NMP oil absorption amount) is 1.3 or more and 1.8 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CLEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20190305364
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium ion secondary battery enabling diffusion of lithium ions in a two-dimensional direction or a three-dimensional direction in crystals is provided. The cathode material is formed by coating a surface of a central particle represented by-the Formula LixFe1?y?zAyMzPO4 with a carbonaceous film, in which a content of a carbon atom is 0.3% by mass or more and 3.4% by mass or less, and, in a Moessbauer spectrum obtained by Moessbauer spectroscopy, when an area intensity of a spectrum having an isomer shift value in a range of 1.0 mm/sec or more and 1.4 mm/sec or less is represented by ?, and an area intensity of a spectrum having an isomer shift value in a range of 0.3 mm/sec or more and 0.7 mm/sec or less is represented by ?, {?/((?+?)×(1?y?z)} is 0.01 or more and 0.1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka OYAMA, Satoru OSHITARI, Ryuuta YAMAYA, Takao KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190305304
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an electrode material for a lithium ion battery capable of decreasing a metal elution amount even when an electrode active material having a large specific surface area is used as the electrode material and capable of obtaining a lithium ion battery in which a decrease in a capacity caused by storage at a high temperature in a fully charged state is suppressed and a lithium ion battery. The electrode material for a lithium ion battery includes electrode active material particles and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the electrode active material particles, in which a tap density is 0.95 g/cm3 or more and 1.6 g/cm3 or less, and a volume ratio of micro pores to a total volume that is evaluated from nitrogen adsorption measurement is 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru OSHITARI, Masataka OYAMA, Ryuuta YAMAYA
  • Patent number: 10290856
    Abstract: A cathode material including an aggregate formed by aggregating active material particles, in which the active material particle is a particle including a cathode active material as a formation material and a carbonaceous material is provided on a surface of the particle, a ratio between a weight ratio of carbon contained in the aggregate to a BET specific surface area of the cathode material is in a range of 0.08 to 0.2, a tap density is in a range of 0.9 g/cm3 to 1.5 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount for which N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is used is 70 cc/100 g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Oyama, Satoru Oshitari, Ryuuta Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20190103601
    Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium ion battery including an active material represented by LiMPO4 (M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Al, Ga, Mg, and Ca), in which an oil absorption amount for which diethyl carbonate is used (DEC oil absorption amount) is 50 cc/100 g or more and 80 cc/100 g or less, and a ratio (DEC/NMP) of the DEC oil absorption amount to an oil absorption amount for which N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone is used (NMP oil absorption amount) is 1.3 or more and 1.8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Oshitari, Ryuuta Yamaya