Patents by Inventor Shinako Kaneko
Shinako Kaneko 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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Patent number: 10622674Abstract: A polymer gel electrolyte containing at least a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent, in which an amorphous polymer layer is formed on the surface of an electrode active material.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Envision AESC Energy Devices Ltd.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Yasutaka Kono, Takayuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20180233772Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode comprising, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium nickel-containing composite oxide having a layered crystal structure; a negative electrode comprising, as a negative electrode active material, a graphitic material; and an electrolyte solution, wherein the Warburg coefficient per charge capacity (?0), determined by an alternating current impedance method, is 0.005 or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Hideaki SASAKI, Shinako KANEKO, Kenji WATANABE
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Patent number: 9899703Abstract: The present invention relates to a gel electrolyte comprising a cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by formula (1). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gel electrolyte capable of suppressing the self-discharge of a polymer secondary battery, and a polymer secondary battery using the gel electrolyte. wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogen group or an amino group with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; R3 represents a linkage group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a fluoroalkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and a divalent group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which alkylene units or fluoroalkylene units are bonded through an ether group.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: NEC Corporation, NEC Energy Devices, LTD.Inventors: Noboru Yoshida, Ikiko Shimanuki, Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9847180Abstract: The exemplary embodiment has an object to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte solution having a flame retardancy over a long period and having a good capacity maintenance rate. The exemplary embodiment is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, at least one oxo-acid ester derivative of phosphorus selected from compounds represented by a predetermined formula, and at least one disulfonate ester selected from a cyclic disulfonate ester and a linear disulfonate ester represented by the predetermined formulae.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yoko Hashizume, Eiji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20170338456Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including: a package; and a power generating element disposed in the package, the power generating element including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator; and an electrolyte solution, and the separator having a shrinkage rate of 10% or less at 150° C. obtained by a thermomechanical analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Automotive Energy Supply CorporationInventors: Masahiro Suguro, Shinako Kaneko
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Publication number: 20170338515Abstract: The present invention is a lithium-ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; and an electrolyte solution containing a supporting electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the positive electrode active material contains a lithium-nickel composite oxide, and the electrolyte solution further contains vinylene carbonate (VC), fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), and a boron complex of the formula (1). The content of the VC in the electrolyte solution is more than 0 mass % and 2.5 mass % or less, the content of the FEC in the electrolyte solution is more than 0 mass % and 2.0 mass % or less, the content of the boron complex of the formula (1) in the electrolyte solution is more than 0 mass % and 1.0 mass % or less, and the total content of the VC, the FEC, and the boron complex of the formula (1) in the electrolyte solution is less than 4.5 mass %. (Z, A1, A2, B1, B2, and Q1 in the formula (1) are as defined in the description.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako KANEKO, Suguru TAMAI
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Publication number: 20170324115Abstract: A polymer gel electrolyte containing at least a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent, in which an amorphous polymer layer is formed on the surface of an electrode active material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako KANEKO, Yasutaka KONO, Takayuki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9793575Abstract: A polymer gel electrolyte containing at least a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent, in which an amorphous polymer layer is formed on the surface of an electrode active material.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Yasutaka Kono, Takayuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9627687Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a lithium ion secondary battery using a high energy type anode, which enables long-life operation thereof. A secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment comprises an electrode element in which a cathode and an anode are oppositely disposed, an electrolytic solution, and an outer packaging body which encloses the electrode element and the electrolytic solution inside; wherein the anode is formed by binding an anode active material, which comprises carbon material (a) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion, metal (b) that can be alloyed with lithium, and metal oxide (c) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion, to an anode collector with an anode binder; and wherein the electrolytic solution comprises a liquid medium which is hard to generate carbon dioxide at a concentration of 10 to 80 vol %.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignees: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD., NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Shinako Kaneko, Jiro Iriyama
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Patent number: 9620812Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion battery having high flame retardancy and good cycle characteristics on a long-term basis.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9343740Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion battery which maintains the flame retardancy of an electrolyte over a long period of time, has high energy density, and has improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics, high temperature storage characteristics, and rate characteristics. The lithium ion battery according to the present exemplary embodiment is a lithium ion battery comprising an electrolyte containing at least an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material which is a carbon material treated with a surface treatment agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: NEC Energy Devices, Ltd.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yasutaka Kono, Yoko Hashizume
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Publication number: 20160111220Abstract: The exemplary embodiment has an object to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte solution having a flame retardancy over a long period and having a good capacity maintenance rate. The exemplary embodiment is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, at least one oxo-acid ester derivative of phosphorus selected from compounds represented by a predetermined formula, and at least one disulfonate ester selected from a cyclic disulfonate ester and a linear disulfonate ester represented by the predetermined formulae.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako KANEKO, Hitoshi ISHIKAWA, Yoko HASHIZUME, Eiji SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9312073Abstract: The exemplary embodiment has an object to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte solution having a flame retardancy over a long period and having a good capacity maintenance rate. The exemplary embodiment is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, at least one oxo-acid ester derivative of phosphorus selected from compounds represented by a predetermined formula, and at least one disulfonate ester selected from a cyclic disulfonate ester and a linear disulfonate ester represented by the predetermined formulae.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yoko Hashizume, Eiji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20160049691Abstract: A secondary battery having excellent charge and discharge efficiency, good cycle characteristics, and a high capacity retention rate is provided. An electrolytic solution for a secondary battery according to this exemplary embodiment contains at least an aprotic solvent and two particular compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki SUZUKI, Shinako KANEKO
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Publication number: 20160013514Abstract: The present invention relates to a gel electrolyte comprising a cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by formula (1). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gel electrolyte capable of suppressing the self-discharge of a polymer secondary battery, and a polymer secondary battery using the gel electrolyte. wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogen group or an amino group with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; R3 represents a linkage group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a fluoroalkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and a divalent group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which alkylene units or fluoroalkylene units are bonded through an ether group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Energy Devices, Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Yoshida, Ikiko Shimanuki, Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9203107Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a lithium ion secondary battery using a high energy type anode, which enables long-life operation thereof. A secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment comprises an electrode element in which a cathode and an anode are oppositely disposed, an electrolytic solution, and an outer packaging body which encloses the electrode element and the electrolytic solution inside; wherein the anode is formed by binding an anode active material, which comprises carbon material (a) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion, metal (b) that can be alloyed with lithium, and metal oxide (c) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion, to an anode collector with an anode binder; and wherein the electrolytic solution comprises a liquid medium which is hard to generate carbon dioxide at a concentration of 10 to 75 vol %.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignees: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD., NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Shinako Kaneko, Jiro Iriyama
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Patent number: 9196926Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gel electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery having flame retardancy over a long period and a good capacity maintenance rate. The gel electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery according to the exemplary embodiment contains a lithium salt, a copolymer of at least one first monomer selected from compounds represented by chemical formulae (1) and (2) and a second monomer represented by chemical formula (4), at least one oxo-acid ester derivative of phosphorus selected from compounds represented by chemical formulae (5) to (7), and at least one disulfonate ester selected from a cyclic-chain type disulfonate ester represented by chemical formula (8) and a linear-chain type disulfonate ester represented by chemical formula (9).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Yasutaka Kono, Hitoshi Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20150263381Abstract: A polymer gel electrolyte containing at least a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent, in which an amorphous polymer layer is formed on the surface of an electrode active material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Yasutaka Kono, Takayuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130295465Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion battery having high flame retardancy and good cycle characteristics on a long-term basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.Inventors: Shinako Kaneko, Hitoshi Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20130266847Abstract: The object of an exemplary embodiment of the invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has high energy density by containing a positive electrode active substance operating at a potential of 4.5 V or higher with respect to lithium and which has excellent cycle property. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is an lithium secondary battery, which comprises a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active substance and an electrolyte liquid comprising a nonaqueous electrolyte solvent; wherein the positive electrode active substance operates at a potential of 4.5 V or higher with respect to lithium; and wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte solvent comprises a fluorine-containing phosphate represented by a prescribed formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicants: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD., NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro Noguchi, Hideaki Sasaki, Makiko Uehara, Ippei Waki, Shinako Kaneko, Hiroshi Hatakeyama, Shinsaku Saitho, Yuukou Katou