Patents by Inventor Shou Shiraga

Shou Shiraga 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: 6664007
    Abstract: A secondary battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator that is arranged between the two electrodes. A porous adhesive resin layer has through holes and the resin layer is formed between the separator and one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode to bond the separator to the one of positive and negative electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Hamano, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Michio Murai, Takayuki Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20020018930
    Abstract: To obtain a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent charge and discharge characteristics in which electric connection between electrodes can be maintained without requiring a strong armor metal case, so that it can be made into thin forms having large energy density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouji Hamano, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Michio Murai, Takayuki Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 6322599
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein a positive electrode 3 is prepared by bonding a positive electrode active material layer 7 to a positive electrode collector 6, a negative electrode 5 is prepared by bonding a negative electrode active material layer 9 to a negative electrode collector 10 and a separator 4 which is arranged between these two electrodes and closely adhered thereto by bonding, using a fluoride containing adhesive resin mixed with N-methylpyrrolidone solvent and in which the N-methylpyrrolidone solvent is evaporated to produce through holes, which communicate the positive electrode active material layer 7 and the negative electrode active material layer 9 with the separator 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Hamano, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Michio Murai, Takayuki Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 6136471
    Abstract: Positive and negative active material particles 7a and 9a are adhered to the respective current collectors 6 and 8 by means of a binder resin 11 to prepare positive and negative electrodes 3 and 5. The positive and negative electrode active material layers 7 and 9 are adhered to a separator 4 with the binder resin 11 so that the interlaminar strength between each active material layer 7, 9 and the separator 4 may be not lower than that between the active material layer 7, 9 and the respective current collector 10, 9. A lithium ion-containing electrolytic solution is held in voids 12 made in the active material layers 7, 9 and the separator 4 to complete an electrical connection between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kouji Hamano, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Takayuki Inuzuka, Michio Murai
  • Patent number: 6124061
    Abstract: To obtain a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent charge and discharge characteristics in which electric connection between electrodes can be maintained without requiring a strong armor metal case, so that it can be made into thin forms having large energy density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Hamano, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Hisashi Shiota, Shou Shiraga, Shigeru Aihara, Michio Murai, Takayuki Inuzuka
  • 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