Patents by Inventor Shinya Kagei
Shinya Kagei 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: 9786914Abstract: There is provided a Co-based 5-V spinel-type lithium manganese-containing complex oxide not only having an operating potential of 4.5 V or higher but also being capable of extending its capacity region of a 5.5 to 5.5 V region and being capable of enhancing its energy density as well. There is proposed a spinel-type lithium cobalt manganese-containing complex oxide having a crystal structure classified as a space group Fd-3m and being represented by the general formula [Lix(CoyMn3?x?y)O4??] (wherein 0.90?x?1.15 and 0.75?y?1.25), wherein the oxide has a crystallite size measured by a Rietveld method using the fundamental method of 100 nm to 200 nm, an interatomic distance of Li—O of 1.80 ? to 2.00 ?, and a strain of 0.20 to 0.50.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyohei Yamaguchi, Natsumi Ito, Tsukasa Takahashi, Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata
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Publication number: 20170288215Abstract: A positive electrode active material comprising a lithium metal composite oxide having a layered crystal structure provides a novel lithium metal composite oxide powder which can suppress the reaction with an electrolytic solution and raise the charge-discharge cycle ability of a battery, and can improve the output characteristics of a battery. A lithium metal composite oxide powder comprises a particle having a surface portion where one or a combination of two or more (“surface element A”) of the group consisting of Al, Ti and Zr is present, on the surface of a particle comprising a lithium metal composite oxide having a layered crystal structure, wherein the amount of surface LiOH is smaller than 0.10% by weight, and the amount of surface Li2CO3 is smaller than 0.25% by weight; in an X-ray diffraction pattern, the ratio of an integral intensity of the (003) plane of the lithium metal composite oxide to that of the (104) plane thereof is higher than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Daisuke Washida, Toshikazu Matsuyama, Daisuke Inoue, Hideaki Matsushima, Yoshimi Hata, Hitohiko Ide, Shinya Kagei
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Patent number: 9761873Abstract: A negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries is disclosed. The active material contains a silicon solid solution having one or more than one of a group 3 semimetal or metal element, a group 4 semimetal or metal element except silicon, and a group 5 nonmetal or semimetal element incorporated in silicon as a solute element. The solute element is present more on the crystal grain boundaries of the silicon solid solution than inside the grains.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitohiko Ide, Daisuke Inoue, Shinya Kagei, Natsumi Shibamura, Yasunori Tabira
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Patent number: 9640794Abstract: Provided is a lithium metal compound oxide having a layered structure, which is very excellent as a positive electrode active material of a battery that is mounted on, particularly, an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle. Suggested is a lithium metal compound oxide having a layered structure which is expressed by general formula of Li1+xM1?xO2 (M represents metal elements including three elements of Mn, Co, and Ni). In the lithium metal compound oxide having a layered structure, D50 is more than 4 ?m and less than 20 ?m, a ratio of a primary particle area to a secondary particle area of secondary particles having a size corresponding to the D50 (“primary particle area/secondary particle area”) is 0.004 to 0.035, and the minimum value of powder crushing strength that is obtained by crushing a powder using a microcompression tester is more than 70 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Hitohiko Ide, Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata
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Publication number: 20170012286Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material including a lithium metal composite oxide having a layer crystal structure, and provides a novel positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary cell, which can suppress the reaction with an electrolyte solution and can raise the charge-discharge cycle ability of the cell, and can make good the output characteristics of the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Daisuke Washida, Toshikazu Matsuyama, Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Daisuke Inoue, Hideaki Matsushima, Yoshimi Hata, Hitohiko Ide, Shinya Kagei
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Patent number: 9537140Abstract: Provided is a new 5 V class spinel exhibiting an operating potential of 4.5 V or more (5 V class), which can suppress the amount of gas generation during high temperature cycles. Suggested is a manganese spinel-type lithium transition metal oxide represented by formula: Li[NiyMn2-(a+b)-y-zLiaTibMz]O4 (wherein 0?z?0.3, 0.3?y<0.6, and M=at least one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Fe and Co), in which in the above formula, the following relationships are satisfied: a>0, b>0, and 3?b/a?8.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Natsumi Shibamura, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata
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Patent number: 9525173Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell, comprising an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide that provides the positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell. Also, a method for manufacturing an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1?xO2, where x is 0.10 or more and 0.33 or less, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, wherein the method includes a step of mixing a lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1?xO2, where x is ?0.15 to 0.15, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, with a lithium compound to obtain a mixture and calcining the mixture to obtain the over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Tsukasa Takahashi, Kyohei Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Hata
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Patent number: 9478800Abstract: In order to propose a new negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having excellent dispersibility even with a negative electrode active material having a relatively small particle size, there is proposed a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the negative electrode active material containing silicon and having negative electrode active material particles that have a D50 based on a volume-based particle size distribution obtainable by measurement by a laser diffraction scattering type particle size distribution analysis method, of 0.1 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and include a surface layer containing oxygen, silicon and carbon on the entire surface or a portion of the active material surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Inoue, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Shinya Kagei
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Publication number: 20160301072Abstract: There is provided a Co-based 5-V spinel-type lithium manganese-containing complex oxide not only having an operating potential of 4.5 V or higher but also being capable of extending its capacity region of a 5.5 to 5.5 V region and being capable of enhancing its energy density as well. There is proposed a spinel-type lithium cobalt manganese-containing complex oxide having a crystal structure classified as a space group Fd-3m and being represented by the general formula [Lix(CoyMn3-x-y)O4-?] (wherein 0.90?x?1.15 and 0.75?y?1.25), wherein the oxide has a crystallite size measured by a Rietveld method using the fundamental method of 100 nm to 200 nm, an interatomic distance of Li—O of 1.80 ? to 2.00 ?, and a strain of 0.20 to 0.50.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Kyohei YAMAGUCHI, Natsumi ITO, Tsukasa TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya MITSUMOTO, Shinya KAGEI, Yoshimi HATA
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Patent number: 9466829Abstract: Provided is a lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material capable of effectively suppressing gas generation in an initial cycle. Proposed is a lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material that includes a monoclinic structure of C2/m in a hexagonal structure of a space group R-3m. The lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material contains a solid solution expressed by a composition formula: xLi4/3Mn2/3O2+(1?x)LiMn?Co?Ni?O2 (in the formula, 0.2???0.6, 0???0.4, and 0.2???0.6). In the composition formula, x is equal to or more than 0.36 and less than 0.50.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Modeki, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Shinya Kagei
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Patent number: 9437873Abstract: Regarding spinel-type lithium manganese-based composite oxide (LMO) to be used as a positive electrode active substance material for lithium battery, a novel LMO is provided, which is capable of maintaining discharge capacity even if charging and discharging are repeated under high temperatures. An LMO in which the crystallite size is 250 nm to 350 nm, the strain is 0.085 or less and the specific surface area increase rate when placed in water at 25° and pH 7 and ultrasonically dispersed at 40 W ultrasonic intensity for 600 seconds is 10.0% or less, can prevent a decrease in the output that accompanies the repetition of charging and discharging while at a high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Taniguchi, Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata
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Publication number: 20160254539Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell, comprising an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide that provides the positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell. Also, a method for manufacturing an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1?xO2, where x is 0.10 or more and 0.33 or less, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, wherein the method includes a step of mixing a lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1?xO2, where x is ?0.15 to 0.15, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, with a lithium compound to obtain a mixture and calcining the mixture to obtain the over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Tsukasa Takahashi, Kyohei Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Hata
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Publication number: 20160218362Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell, comprising a lithium metal composite oxide having a layer structure and being represented by the general formula Li1+xMa1?x?yMbyO2 (x=0.10 to 0.33, and y=0 to 0.3; Ma always contains Mn, and contains at least one or more elements selected from Ni and Co, and the Mn content in Ma is 30 to 80% by mass; and Mb is at least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb), wherein the positive electrode material has a primary particle average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m or larger, and a tap density of 1.9 g/cm3 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelling Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Kyohei Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Hata
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Patent number: 9391313Abstract: Provided is a lithium metal composite oxide (powder) having a layered structure, which is capable of exhibiting excellent characteristics in both charge-discharge cycle ability and initial charging and discharging efficiency, and is capable of effectively reducing initial resistance, when being used in a positive electrode of a lithium battery. The lithium metal composite oxide (powder) comprises an amount of S which is less than 0.10% by mass of the lithium metal composite oxide powder, a ratio of a crystallite size of a (003) plane to a crystallite size of a (110) plane which is equal to or greater than 1.0 and less than 2.5, and a ratio of a primary particle area to a secondary particle area of 0.004 to 0.035.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Hitohiko Ide, Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata
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Patent number: 9337486Abstract: Provided is a novel spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide, allowing gas generation amount to be limited for a gas generated via a reaction with an electrolytic solution. Proposed is a spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide, wherein, when the spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide is placed in an ion-exchanged water at 20° C., stirred for 10 minutes, then, left to stand undisturbed for 2 minutes, separated into a supernatant and a precipitate and recovered, with respect to the “16d-site-to-32e-site inter-atomic distance (100%)” of the spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide contained in the precipitate measured by the Rietveld method using the fundamental method, proportionally, the “16d-site-to-32e-site inter-atomic distance” of the spinel-type lithium-manganese composite oxide contained in the supernatant is less than 101.5%.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Natsumi Shibamura, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Yoshimi Hata
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Publication number: 20160111716Abstract: Provided is a novel positive electrode active material which can effectively suppress the quantity of gas generated by the reaction with an electrolytic solution. Proposed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including positive electrode active material particles obtained by equipping the entire surface or a part of a surface of lithium manganese-containing composite oxide particles (also referred to as the “core particles”) operating at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V in a metal Li reference potential with a layer A containing at least titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), or two or more kinds of these.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Natsumi Shibamura, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Yoshimi Hata
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Publication number: 20160093882Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode active material which operates at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V, and a novel positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which can further enhance the output characteristics. Proposed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including positive electrode active material particles obtained by equipping the entire surface or a part of the surface of lithium manganese-containing composite oxide particles (also referred to as the “core particles”) operating at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V in a metal Li reference potential with a layer A containing at least Ti, Al, Zr, or two or more kinds of these, and C.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Natsumi Shibamura, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Yoshimi Hata
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Patent number: 9240595Abstract: Provided is a new 5 V class spinel exhibiting an operating potential of 4.5 V or higher (5 V class) with respect to the Li metal reference potential, having an excellent discharge capacity retention ratio at high temperatures, for example 45° C. Suggested is a spinel type lithium-manganese-nickel-containing composite oxide containing a crystalline phase in which a portion of Mn sites in LiMn2O4-? are substituted with Li; another metal element M1, wherein M1 represents a metal element including at least one of Ni, Co and Fe and another metal element M2, wherein M2 represents a metal element including at least one of Mg, Ti, Al, Ba, Cr and Nb, and the spinel type lithium-manganese-nickel-containing composite oxide comprising a composite oxide phase containing Ni, Mn and B.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Natsumi Shibamura, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Yoshima Hata
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Publication number: 20160013472Abstract: Provided is a lithium metal composite oxide (powder) having a layered structure, which is capable of exhibiting excellent characteristics in both charge-discharge cycle ability and initial charging and discharging efficiency, and is capable of effectively reducing initial resistance, when being used in a positive electrode of a lithium battery. The lithium metal composite oxide (powder) comprises an amount of S which is less than 0.10% by mass of the lithium metal composite oxide powder, a ratio of a crystallite size of a (003) plane to a crystallite size of a (110) plane which is equal to or greater than 1.0 and less than 2.5, and a ratio of a primary particle area to a secondary particle area of 0.004 to 0.035.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Hitohiko Ide, Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata
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Patent number: 9219277Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which has an extremely low Co content, and can maintain the drain (power) performance (especially pulse discharge characteristics), activity (degree of activity), and life performance at high levels. The hydrogen storage alloy is manufactured by weighing and mixing every material for the hydrogen storage alloy so as to provide an alloy composition represented by the general formula MmNiaMnbAlcCod or MmNiaMnbAlcCodFee, and controlling the manufacturing method and manufacturing conditions so that both the a-axis length and the c-axis length of the crystal lattice are in a predetermined range. Although it is sufficient if the a-axis length of the crystal lattice is 499 pm or more and the c-axis length is 405 pm or more, by further specifying the a-axis length and c-axis length depending on the values of ABx, a hydrogen storage alloy having high durability can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Shigeki Nakayama, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Shinya Kagei, Hidetoshi Inoue