Patents by Inventor Satoshi Wakasugi

Satoshi Wakasugi 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: 20170207440
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state battery in which the battery reaction can stop when a short circuit occurs. The all-solid-sate battery includes: a cathode layer including a cathode active material layer and a cathode current collector; an anode layer including an anode active material layer and an anode current collector; and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein a PTC film is provided: between the cathode current collector and the cathode active material layer; or between the anode current collector and the anode active material layer: or between the cathode current collector and the cathode active material layer and between the anode current collector and the anode active material layer, and the PTC film includes a conductive material and a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Shigenori Hama, Hideyo Ebisuzaki, Yasumasa Oguma, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20170207460
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a current collector provided with a conductive layer that can keep a high resistance only at a high temperature. The method includes dispersing a carbon material in an organic solvent to prepare a carbon material dispersion solution, dispersing polyvinylidene fluoride in an organic solvent to prepare a resin dispersion solution, mixing the carbon material dispersion solution, the resin dispersion solution, and water, to prepare a composition for conductive layer formation, and forming a conductive layer on a surface of a current collector by applying the composition for conductive layer formation and thereafter drying the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigenori HAMA, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Yasumasa OGUMA, Satoshi WAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20170179545
    Abstract: A solid-state lithium battery in which a thermal stability is improved. The solid-state lithium battery comprises a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer. The cathode active material is an oxide active material, at least one of the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material comprises a Li element, a P element, a S element, and an I element, and the cathode active material layer contains a specific phosphate ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi KODAMA, Satoshi WAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20170104245
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery with capability of inhibiting heat generation of an anode layer. The present invention solves the problem by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein at least one of the anode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte material; the anode layer contains an anode active material that is graphite, and contains an additive; and the additive has an oxide that is at least one kind of MoO3, Sb2O3, and MnCO3, and a coating portion that coats at least a part of the oxide and includes a resin with a hydrocarbon chain as a main chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi KODAMA, Satoshi WAKASUGI
  • Patent number: 9472827
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte layer having flexibility, in which ion conductivity is inhibited from decreasing. The present invention attains the above-mentioned object by providing a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte material not having cross-linking sulfur substantially and a branched polymer for binding the above-mentioned sulfide solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Shigenori Hama, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 9300011
    Abstract: A solid state electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid state electrolyte material that is manufactured from a raw material composition containing Li2S and P2S5 and is substantially free of bridging sulfur, and a hydrophobic polymer for binding the sulfide solid state electrolyte material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigenori Hama, Koji Kawamoto, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 9099694
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode body having a pair of electrode layers and an electrolyte layer disposed between the pair of electrode layers, by which an electrode body with reduced internal resistance can be manufactured, the method including the steps of: dispersing at least an active material capable of releasing or absorbing and releasing a metal ion, an electrolyte having conductivity for the metal ion, and a binder into a solvent, to prepare an electrode slurry, and applying the electrode slurry onto a base material, thereby forming a sheet-shaped electrode layer containing the binder; and dispersing at least an electrolyte having ion conductivity for the metal ion into a solvent to prepare an electrolyte slurry, and applying the electrolyte slurry onto the electrode layer, thereby forming a sheet-shaped electrolyte layer on the electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Shigenori Hama, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20140120427
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte layer having flexibility, in which ion conductivity is inhibited from decreasing. The present invention attains the above-mentioned object by providing a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte material not having cross-linking sulfur substantially and a branched polymer for binding the above-mentioned sulfide solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Shigenori Hama, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20130260023
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode body having a pair of electrode layers and an electrolyte layer disposed between the pair of electrode layers, by which an electrode body with reduced internal resistance can be manufactured, the method including the steps of: dispersing at least an active material capable of releasing or absorbing and releasing a metal ion, an electrolyte having conductivity for the metal ion, and a binder into a solvent, to prepare an electrode slurry, and applying the electrode slurry onto a base material, thereby forming a sheet-shaped electrode layer containing the binder; and dispersing at least an electrolyte having ion conductivity for the metal ion into a solvent to prepare an electrolyte slurry, and applying the electrolyte slurry onto the electrode layer, thereby forming a sheet-shaped electrolyte layer on the electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama, Shigenori Hama, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 8283388
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a solid electrolyte material-containing sheet excellent in strength. The present invention attains the object by providing a method for producing a solid electrolyte material-containing sheet comprising the steps of: preparing a raw material composition containing a sulfide solid electrolyte material and a binder composition containing a monomer or oligomer having a double bond and a radical polymerization initiator; applying the raw material composition to form a sheet-shaped composition; and polymerizing the sheet-shaped composition by radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Yukiyoshi Ueno, Shigenori Hama, Yasushi Tsuchida, Hiroshi Nagase, Masato Kamiya, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20120177997
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a solid electrolyte material-containing sheet excellent in strength. The present invention attains the object by providing a method for producing a solid electrolyte material-containing sheet comprising the steps of: preparing a raw material composition containing a sulfide solid electrolyte material and a binder composition containing a monomer or oligomer having a double bond and a radical polymerization initiator; applying the raw material composition to form a sheet-shaped composition; and polymerizing the sheet-shaped composition by radical polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Yukiyoshi Ueno, Shigenori Hama, Yasushi Tsuchida, Hiroshi Nagase, Masato Kamiya, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20120156571
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode for batteries which enables a battery to provide high output power when it is incorporated in the battery, a battery comprising the electrode, and a method for producing the electrode. Disclosed is an electrode for batteries, comprising an inorganic solid electrolyte, an electrode active material and a polymer compound dispersed in the inorganic solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Koji Kawamoto, Shigenori Hama, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20110076570
    Abstract: A solid state electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid state electrolyte material that is manufactured from a raw material composition containing Li2S and P2S5 and is substantially free of bridging sulfur, and a hydrophobic polymer for binding the sulfide solid state electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigenori HAMA, Koji Kawamoto, Satoshi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 6900844
    Abstract: A video display system comprising a plurality of video display apparatuses 11 to 13 for displaying video signals Sv being supplied as video. A specific video display apparatus 11 out of a plurality of the video display apparatuses 11 to 13 discriminates video characteristics Pv1 to Pv5 of the video signal Sv to output identification signals IDa to IDd that correspond to the discriminated video characteristics (Pa1 to Pa5) to (Pd1 to Pd5) and simultaneously displays the video signal Sv according to the display characteristic characteristics (Qa1 to Qa3) to (Qc1 to Qc3) stored in correspondence to the identification signals IDa to IDd. The other video display apparatuses 12 and 13 than the specific video display apparatus 11 display the video signals Sv according to the display characteristic characteristics (Qa1 to Qa3) to (Qc1 to Qc3) stored in correspondence to the identification signals IDa to IDd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Itaki, Kouichi Ara, Satoshi Wakasugi, Michio Tomizawa, Atsuhiko Saitou
  • Publication number: 20010026326
    Abstract: A video display system comprising a plurality of video display apparatuses 11 to 13 for displaying video signals Sv being supplied as video. A specific video display apparatus 11 out of a plurality of the video display apparatuses 11 to 13 discriminates video characteristics Pv1 to Pv5 of the video signal Sv to output identification signals IDa to IDd that correspond to the discriminated video characteristics (Pa1 to Pa5) to (Pd1 to Pd5) and simultaneously displays the video signal Sv according to the display characteristic characteristics (Qa1 to Qa3) to (Qc1 to Qc3) stored in correspondence to the identification signals IDa to IDd. The other video display apparatuses 12 and 13 than the specific video display apparatus 11 display the video signals Sv according to the display characteristic characteristics (Qa1 to Qa3) to (Qc1 to Qc3) stored in correspondence to the identification signals IDa to IDd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Itaki, Kouichi Ara, Satoshi Wakasugi, Michio Tomizawa, Atsuhiko Saitou