Patents by Inventor Shizuka IWATA

Shizuka IWATA 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: 11695186
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator which improves a long-term battery characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. According to the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an absolute value of a difference between (i) a standard deviation of whiteness index in one outermost layer and (ii) a standard deviation of whiteness index of the other outermost layer is greater than 0.01 and is 0.60 or less, and a greater one of the two standard deviation values of whiteness index is 0.06 or more and 0.91 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Shizuka Iwata
  • Patent number: 11611131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which improves a long-term battery characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a standard deviation of whiteness index defined in E313 of the American Standards Test Methods is 0.06 or more and 0.91 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Shizuka Iwata
  • Patent number: 11594785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which improves an initial battery characteristic immediately after initial charge and discharge of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a standard deviation of bursting strength is 0.6 or more and 11.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Shizuka Iwata
  • Patent number: 11594786
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator which has excellent heat resistance and exhibits an excellent initial battery characteristic when used in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: a polyolefin porous film; and a porous layer which (i) is disposed on at least one surface of the polyolefin porous film and (ii) includes a heat resistant filler, the porous layer having a surface which has cracks, a ratio of a total area of the cracks to a surface area of the porous layer being 0.15% to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shizuka Iwata, Kosuke Kurakane
  • Publication number: 20200335760
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator which has excellent heat resistance and exhibits an excellent initial battery characteristic when used in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: a polyolefin porous film; and a porous layer which (i) is disposed on at least one surface of the polyolefin porous film and (ii) includes a heat resistant filler, the porous layer having a surface which has cracks, a ratio of a total area of the cracks to a surface area of the porous layer being 0.15% to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Shizuka IWATA, Kosuke KURAKANE
  • Publication number: 20200335751
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which improves an initial battery characteristic immediately after initial charge and discharge of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a standard deviation of bursting strength is 0.6 or more and 11.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Shizuka IWATA
  • Publication number: 20200335753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which improves a long-term battery characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has a bursting strength of 3.0 kPa or more and 22.0 kPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Shizuka IWATA
  • Publication number: 20200335750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator which improves a long-term battery characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. According to the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an absolute value of a difference between (i) a standard deviation of whiteness index in one outermost layer and (ii) a standard deviation of whiteness index of the other outermost layer is greater than 0.01 and is 0.60 or less, and a greater one of the two standard deviation values of whiteness index is 0.06 or more and 0.91 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Shizuka IWATA
  • Publication number: 20200335752
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which improves a long-term battery characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a standard deviation of whiteness index defined in E313 of the American Standards Test Methods is 0.06 or more and 0.91 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Shizuka IWATA
  • Patent number: 10553906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a porous layer which includes an organic filler in which Na element, Al element, and/or K element are contained, a total amount of the Na element, the Al element, and the K element contained falling within a certain range. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer allows the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery to have an excellent battery capacity recovery rate after storage at a constant-voltage charge at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuji Yamamoto, Kosuke Kurakane, Shizuka Iwata
  • Publication number: 20190123380
    Abstract: The present invention provides, as a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in which an amount of electric current during initial charging at a high temperature is decreased, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which includes an organic filler, a mass reduction ratio of the organic filler during a temperature rise to 500° C. being not more than 55% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Takuji YAMAMOTO, Kosuke KURAKANE, Shizuka IWATA
  • Publication number: 20190123379
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a porous layer which includes an organic filler in which Na element, Al element, and/or K element are contained, a total amount of the Na element, the Al element, and the K element contained falling within a certain range. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer allows the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery to have an excellent battery capacity recovery rate after storage at a constant-voltage charge at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Takuji YAMAMOTO, Kosuke KURAKANE, Shizuka IWATA
  • Publication number: 20190123378
    Abstract: The present invention provides, as a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer which is suitable for production of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent high-temperature constant-voltage charge preservability, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer containing an organic filler in an amount of 87% by weight to 99.5% by weight, the organic filler being configured so that an inclination of a straight line on a TG chart, which connects a point at 150° C. and a point at a TG inflection point temperature, is not less than ?0.10% by mass/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Takuji YAMAMOTO, Kosuke KURAKANE, Shizuka IWATA