Patents by Inventor Shigeru Aihara

Shigeru Aihara 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: 6051342
    Abstract: In a lithium ion secondary battery which is composed of a positive electrode 1, a negative electrode 4 and a separator 7 which contains a Li ion-containing non-aqueous electrolytic solution, both of the ionic conductivity and adhesion strength were ensured by making an adhesive resin layer 8 which bonds the positive electrode 1 to the separator 7 and the negative electrode 4 to the separator 7 into a mixture phase consisting of an electrolytic solution phase 9, an electrolytic solution-containing a polymer gel phase 10 and a polymer solid phase 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Hamano, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Michio Murai, Takayuki Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 6024773
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a lithium ion secondary battery which can have any arbitrary shape, such as thin shape, and yet exhibits high performance. In a method of fabricating a battery comprising a positive electrode 1, a negative electrode 4, and a separator 7, a binder resin solution mainly comprising polyvinylidene fluoride is applied to the separator 7, and the positive electrode 1 and the negative electrode 4 are laid thereon, followed by drying to form a battery laminate, which is then impregnated with an electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsushita Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Inuzuka, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Michio Murai, Kouji Hamano, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara
  • Patent number: 5981107
    Abstract: To obtain a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent charge and discharge characteristics in which electric connection between active material layers and a separator can be maintained without requiring a strong armor metal case, so that it can be made into thin forms having large energy density. Convex parts and concave parts are formed on at least two surfaces among surfaces of a positive electrode active material layer 7 and a negative electrode active material layer 9 both adjacent to a separator 4 and surfaces of the separator 4 facing both of the active material layers 7, 9, and these three means are bonded and closely adhered by an adhesive resin layer 11 and electrically connected by keeping a lithium ion-containing electrolytic solution in the separator 4 and voids 12 formed by a bonded surface 11a of the convex parts and the concave parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Hamano, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Michio Murai, Takayuki Inuzuka