Patents by Inventor Shuhei SAWA

Shuhei SAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20160322669
    Abstract: Objects of the invention are to provide nonaqueous electrolytic solutions that allow nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries to achieve improvements in initial battery characteristics and in battery characteristics after durability testing at the same time, and to provide nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei SAWA, Takashi FUJII, Kanako ITO, Koji FUKAMIZU, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hiromu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9461334
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having high initial efficiency, excellent initial capacity and excellent overcharge safety, and nonaqueous electrolytic solutions realizing such batteries. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and further includes an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) (in which R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R6 and R7 are independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of R1 to R7 may be bonded together to form a ring, and Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B): (A) at least one of R1 to R5 is a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) the total number of carbon atoms in R1 to R7 is 3 to 20). A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanako Ito, Takashi Fujii, Ryo Yamaguchi, Takeshi Nakamura, Hiromu Watanabe, Shuhei Sawa
  • Publication number: 20160211553
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having high initial efficiency, excellent initial capacity and excellent overcharge safety, and nonaqueous electrolytic solutions realizing such batteries. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and further includes an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) (in which R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R6 and R7 are independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of R1 to R7 may be bonded together to form a ring, and Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B): (A) at least one of R1 to R5 is a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) the total number of carbon atoms in R1 to R7 is 3 to 20). A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanako ITO, Takashi FUJII, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Hiromu WATANABE, Shuhei SAWA
  • Publication number: 20160164143
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can improve the capacity deterioration and gas generation associated with the high-temperature storage of non-aqueous electrolyte batteries. A further object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte battery that uses this non-aqueous electrolyte solution. These objects can be achieved by using a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that incorporates, in prescribed contents, (A) a compound having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule and a compound having at least two cyano groups per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Sawa, Minoru Kotato, Kunihisa Shima, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Masamichi Onuki, Kanako Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150140448
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery with dramatically improved battery characteristics. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery prepared by using a nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising (I) an aromatic carboxylic acid ester compound represented by General Formula (1) below; and (II) specific compounds, is improved in charge-discharge characteristics at high current densities, durability performance during high-temperature storage and overcharge characteristics. (in General Formula (1), A1 is —R1 or —OR1, with R1 being an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group with 10 or fewer carbon atoms; A2 is an optionally substituted aryl group; each of j and k is independently 0 or an integer greater than 0, and at least one of j and k is an integer not less than 1; and when k?1, A1 is —OR1, while when k=0, A1 is —R1; and the case of j=1, k=0 is not allowed).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanako Takiguchi, Masamichi Onuki, Shuhei Sawa
  • Publication number: 20150044554
    Abstract: Provided are a nonaqueous electrolyte battery having improved durability properties such as cycle and storage properties, and improved load characteristic, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution that is appropriate for the nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent that dissolves the lithium salt. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution also contains a compound represented by formula (1) and a specific compound that acts in conjunction with the aforementioned compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Akemi HOSOKAWA, Shuhei SAWA, Youichi OHASHI, Koji FUKAMIZU, Minoru KOTATO, Daisuke KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20130337317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a specific compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa SHIMA, Shuhei Sawa, Youichi Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20130330609
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can improve the capacity deterioration and gas generation associated with the high-temperature storage of non-aqueous electrolyte batteries. A further object is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte battery that uses this non-aqueous electrolyte solution. These objects can be achieved by using a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that incorporates, in prescribed contents, (A) a compound having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule and a compound having at least two cyano groups per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei SAWA, Minoru Kotato, Kunihisa Shima, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Masamichi Onuki, Kanako Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130316229
    Abstract: The demand for improvements in lithium non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries has been constantly increasing in recent years, but the durability—most prominently the cycle characteristics—have resided in a trade off relationship with properties such as the capacity, resistance, and output characteristics. A problem has thus been a poor overall property balance. In order to solve this problem, the present invention uses a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including, in addition to an electrolyte and a non-aqueous solvent, (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carbonates having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, compounds represented by the following general formula (1), sulfoxides, sulfites, sulfones, sulfonates, sultones, and sulfates; (B) a fluorine atom-containing cyclic carbonate; and (C) a compound that has at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei SAWA, Kunihisa Shima, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Masamichi Onuki, Atsushi Watarai