Patents by Inventor Shoji Shikita

Shoji Shikita 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: 11695158
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(?O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20210320334
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(?O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei SHIMAMOTO, Koji ABE, Shoji SHIKITA, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190198928
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(?O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10263285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(?O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10164293
    Abstract: Disclosed are a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, which can improve cycle characteristics when a power storage device is used at high temperature and high voltage, and a power device using the same. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution according to the present invention comprises, in addition to a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt dissolved therein, a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2; and when n is 1, L represents a straight or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, a cycloalkyl group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, or an aryl group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom; and when n is 2, L represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon group which optionally contains ether bond(s), or an arylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kei Shimamoto, Shoji Shikita
  • Patent number: 10093688
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, containing a compound of formula (X): where R10 and R20 are each a group selected from an alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkynyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or a lithium; and X is a polar group (i) containing a —C(?O), a —P(?O), or an —S(?O)2 group, a polar group (ii) containing a —CN or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in which a part of hydrogen atoms is substituted with a fluorine atom, or a 4- to 7-membered ring polar group (iii) containing a —C(?O)—O— or a —C(?O)—N— group, where when X is a 4- to 7-membered ring polar group (iii) containing —C(?O)—N—, at least one of R10 and R20 is lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kotou, Tatsuo Fujino, Kei Shimamoto, Shuichi Koso, Shoji Shikita, Yosuke Sato, Junichi Chika
  • Publication number: 20180166746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(?O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei SHIMAMOTO, Koji ABE, Shoji SHIKITA, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 9934911
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range and an energy storage device using the same. [1] A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing, as an additive, an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure and [2] an energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains, as an additive, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 5% by mass of an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Yuichi Kotou, Shoji Shikita
  • Publication number: 20170275311
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a compound represented by the following general formula (X), in which a polar group (X) is bound to a phosphorus atom (P), and capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range; an energy storage device using the same; and a novel compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi KOTOU, Tatsuo FUJINO, Kei SHIMAMOTO, Shuichi KOSO, Shoji SHIKITA, Yosuke SATO, Junichi CHIKA
  • Publication number: 20170271091
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt having a specific ?,?-dihydroxy carboxylic acid ester structure, phosphono hydroxy carboxylic acid structure, alkoxycarbonyl hydroxy carboxylic acid structure, or formyloxy structure; an energy storage device using the nonaqueous electrolytic solution; and a lithium salt used for the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. This nonaqueous electrolytic solution makes it possible not only to improve the electrochemical characteristics when the energy storage device is used at a high temperature and a high voltage and to improve the capacity retention rate after high-voltage and high-temperature storage, but also to suppress gas generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Shoji SHIKITA, Junichi CHIKA, Kei SHIMAMOTO, Yosuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20170194664
    Abstract: Disclosed are a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, which can improve cycle characteristics when a power storage device is used at high temperature and high voltage, and a power device using the same. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution according to the present invention comprises, in addition to a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt dissolved therein, a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2; and when n is 1, L represents a straight or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, a cycloalkyl group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, or an aryl group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom; and when n is 2, L represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon group which optionally contains ether bond(s), or an arylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Kei SHIMAMOTO, Shoji SHIKITA
  • Publication number: 20170162915
    Abstract: Provided are a high-purity vinylene carbonate that is a vinylene carbonate having the content of chlorine impurities of substantially zero as detected by the Wickbold combustion-ion chromatography method and having a Hazen unit color number of 10 or less in a nitrogen atmosphere, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing the high-purity vinylene carbonate, and an energy storage device using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Akikazu ITO, Shoji SHIKITA
  • Patent number: 9608287
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range, an energy storage device using it. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, which comprises at least one cyclic sulfonic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I), and an energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita
  • Patent number: 9595737
    Abstract: The present invention includes [1] a nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing from 0.001 to 5% by mass of a specified acyclic lithium salt in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution and being capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range; and [2] an energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing from 0.001 to 5% by mass of a specified acyclic lithium salt in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Yuichi Kotou, Shoji Shikita
  • Publication number: 20160027592
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range and an energy storage device using the same. [1] A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing, as an additive, an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure and [2] an energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains, as an additive, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 5% by mass of an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei SHIMAMOTO, Koji ABE, Yuichi KOTOU, Shoji SHIKITA
  • Patent number: 9240614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which can improve the electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range, an electrochemical element produced by using the same and a sulfonic ester compound having a branched structure which is used for the same. The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution prepared by dissolving an electrolyte salt in a nonaqueous solvent, which comprises a sulfonic ester compound represented by the following Formula (I) in an amount of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Shoji Shikita, Kei Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20150372349
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation as well as a capacity retention rate after a high-temperature cycle, and also to provide an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed are a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a phenyl ester compound represented by the following general formula (I), and an energy storage device. (In the formula, Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X represents a halogen atom; each of p and q is an integer of 1 to 4; and (p+q) is 5 or less. A has a structure represented by —S(?O)2—, —C(?O)—, —C(?O)—O—, —C(?O)-L1-C(?O)—, —C(?O)-L2-P(?O)(OR)—O—, or —P(?O)(OR)—O—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shoji SHIKITA
  • Patent number: 9203113
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving low-temperature load characteristics after high temperature charging storage, an electrochemical element using it, and a 1,2-dioxypropane compound used for it. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution of the present invention comprises an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, and contains a 1,2-dioxypropane compound represented by the above-mentioned general formula (I). (wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X1 represents a group selected from —S(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —C(?O)—, —CR3R4—, —P(?O)(OR5)— and —SiR6R7—; R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R5 to R7 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Yuichi Kotou, Shoji Shikita
  • Patent number: 9130244
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, which contains a carboxylate represented by the following general formula (8) in an amount of from 0.01 to 5% by mass of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution: wherein X31 represents -A2-C?Y2, -A2-C(?O)O-A3-C?Y2 or -A2-C(?O)O-A4; A1, A2 and A3 each independently represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; A4 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Y1 and Y2 each independently represent CH or N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuyuki Kawabe, Masahide Kondo, Tatsuo Fujino
  • Publication number: 20150125761
    Abstract: The present invention includes [1] a nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing from 0.001 to 5% by mass of a specified acyclic lithium salt in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution and being capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range; and [2] an energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing from 0.001 to 5% by mass of a specified acyclic lithium salt in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Yuichi Kotou, Shoji Shikita