Patents by Inventor Shuichi Takano
Shuichi Takano 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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Publication number: 20240317605Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery which combines high capacity with favorable charging/discharging cycle characteristics. In this positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the average value of the particle diameters of the primary particles evaluated with a scanning electron microscope is 50-550 nm, and the R value is greater than 0.420 but less than or equal to 0.460, the R value being calculated by formula (2) as follows: (2) R value=(I006+I102)/I101 on the basis of the intensity I006 calculated from the height of a peak identified as the 006-plane of an ?-NaFeO2 type layered structure in X-ray powder diffraction measurement, the intensity I102 calculated from the height of a peak identified as the 102-plane, and the intensity I101 calculated from the height of a peak identified as the 101-plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano, Hisato Tokoro
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Publication number: 20240300825Abstract: A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery involves reacting at least 95 mass % of a lithium compound through a heat treatment step using a rotary firing furnace and having a batch firing process for heating a precursor while rolling the same in a heating region in a furnace tube, wherein the batch firing process has: a tilted input stage for tilting the furnace tube and inputting the precursor from an inlet of the firing furnace; a horizontal firing stage for performing firing while making the furnace tube horizontal; and a tilted discharge stage for tilting the furnace tube and discharging a fired powder from an outlet of the firing furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Takano, Hisato Tokoro, Akira GUNJI, Shin Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240158260Abstract: A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the method including: a step for firing mixed powder in which metal nickel powder, a compound containing Li, and a compound containing a metal element M other than Li and Ni are mixed to yield a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material having a layered structure, wherein the amount of Ni in the total amount of metal elements contained in the positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery is equal to or greater than 60% in terms of the atomic ratio, and the nickel powder is at least partially oxidized or a step for oxidizing said powder is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Hisato Tokoro, Shuichi Takano
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Patent number: 11949100Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery which has a large charge-discharge capacity, and excels in charge-discharge cycle properties, output properties and productivity, and, a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following Formula (1); Li1+aNibCocMndMeO2+?, where, in the formula (1), M is at least one metal element other than Li, Ni, Co, and Mn; and a, b, c, d, e, and ? satisfy the following conditions: ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b<1.00, 0?c?0.04, 0<d<0.20, b+c+d+e=1, ?0.2<?<0.2, and c and d in the Formula (1) satisfy c/d?0.75.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Toyama, Shin Takahashi, Hisato Tokoro, Genei Nakajima, Shuichi Takano, Akira Gunji, Akihiko Noie
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Publication number: 20230322294Abstract: A steering control apparatus and a vehicle capable of accurately obtaining a steering angle with which the vehicle will travel straight are provided. The steering control apparatus includes a steering actuator control section that controls a steering actuator for changing the steering angle such that the steering angle achieves a target steering angle, a storage section that stores threshold steering angle information regarding a threshold steering angle, which is a steering angle with which steering torque becomes a certain threshold when the target steering angle is varied cyclically and continuously, and a calculation section that obtains a neutral point of the steering angle based on the threshold steering angle information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Isuzu Motors LimitedInventor: Shuichi TAKANO
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Patent number: 11764356Abstract: Making a positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes: weighting and mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing respective metallic elements other than Li in a composition formula Li?NixCoyM21-x-y-zM2zO2+? so as to have a metallic constituent ratio of the formula to obtain a mixture, and firing the mixture to obtain a lithium composite compound. Performing, on the mixture, a first heat treatment at 200° C. to 400° C. for 0.5 to 5 hours to obtain a first precursor. A step of performing a heat treatment on the first precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 450° C. to 800° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours, and reacting 92 mass % or more of the lithium carbonate to obtain a second precursor, and a finishing step of performing a heat treatment on the second precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 755° C. to 900° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours to obtain the lithium composite compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Hisato Tokoro, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano, Akira Gunji, Tatsuya Tooyama, Shin Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230282819Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material having high capacity and exceptional coatability due to comprising both an oil absorption amount and powder physical properties suitable therefor. This positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide powder represented by compositional formula (1), having primary particles and secondary particles in which the primary particles are aggregated. In the positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the oil absorption amount, based on JIS K5101-13-1, of NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) per 100 g of the lithium transition metal composite oxide powder is 19-30 mL/100 g, and the sphericity represented by the ratio AB of the short axis A and the long axis B of the secondary particles measured from an SEM image is 0.88?A/B?1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Hisato Tokoro, Shuichi Takano, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shin Takahashi
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Patent number: 11688847Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing a metal element other than Li, and a firing step. The firing step includes at last two stages of controlling firing to different temperatures. The at least two stages include controlling a firing temperature to a lower temperature and controlling a firing temperature to a higher temperature. The firing is controlled is such that the former stage has a lower oxygen concentration in an atmosphere than the latter stage. The firing apparatus comprises at least two firing furnaces of controlling firing temperatures to different temperatures. The at least two firing furnaces include controlling a firing temperature to a lower temperature and controlling firing temperature to a higher temperature. The latter firing furnace has a gas outlet being in communication with the former firing furnace.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Akira Gunji, Tatsuya Toyama, Akio Takeuchi, Hisato Tokoro, Shuichi Takano, Genei Nakajima
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Patent number: 11677075Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery in which the secondary particles constituting the powder have a high breaking strength and a good coatability, and a method for manufacturing same. The cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a primary particle of a lithium composite compound; and secondary particles formed by an aggregation of primary particles, wherein a ratio between an average particle size of the primary particles and an average particle size of the secondary particles is 0.006 or more and 0.25 or less, an amount of lithium carbonate is 0.4% by mass or less, and a breaking strength of the secondary particles is 30 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Takano, Akira Gunji, Hisato Tokoro, Genei Nakajima, Tatsuya Toyama, Shin Takahashi
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Patent number: 11646412Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery which has a large charge-discharge capacity, and excels in charge-discharge cycle properties, output properties and productivity, and, a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having an ?-NaFeO2 type crystal structure and represented by the following formula (1); Li1+aNibCocMdO2+?, where, in the formula (1), M is at least one metal element other than Li, Ni and Co; and a, b, c, d and a are respectively numbers satisfying ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b?1.0, 0?c?0.06, b+c+d=1, and ?0.2<?<0.2, and an a-axis lattice constant of the crystal structure is 2.878×10?10 m or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Toyama, Shin Takahashi, Hisato Tokoro, Genei Nakajima, Shuichi Takano, Akira Gunji, Akihiko Noie
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Patent number: 11581534Abstract: A positive-electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium complex compound that is represented by the formula: Li1+aNibMncCodTieMfO2+?, and has an atomic ratio Ti3+/Ti4+ between Ti3+ and Ti4+, as determined through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, of greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 20. In the formula, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Zr, Mo, and Nb, and a, b, c, d, e, f, and a are numbers satisfying ?0.1?a?0.2, 0.7<b?0.9, 0?c<0.3, 0?d<0.3, 0<e?0.25, 0?f<0.3, b+c+d+e+f=1, and ?0.2???0.2.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Akira Gunji, Hisato Tokoro, Shin Takahashi, Tatsuya Toyama, Hiroshi Haruna, Daiko Takamatsu, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano
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Publication number: 20220166019Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery includes lithium transition metal composite oxide expressed by Composition Formula (1): Li1+aNibCocMdXeO2+? (1) [in which M represents at least one kind selected from Al and Mn, X represents one or more kinds of metal elements other than Li, Ni, Co, Al, and Mn, and a, b, c, d, e, and a are numerals satisfying ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b?1.0, 0?c?0.15, 0?d?0.20, 0?e?0.05, b+c+d+e=1, and ?0.2???0.2]. A residual lithium hydroxide quantity (L1) in the positive electrode active material calculated by neutralization titration is 0.8 mass % or less, and a ratio of a residual lithium hydroxide quantity (L2) calculated by the neutralization titration after the positive electrode active material is compressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Tatsuya TOYAMA, Hisato TOKORO, Shin TAKAHASHI, Akira GUNJI, Shuichi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20220115656Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries contains a lithium transition metal complex oxide represented by composition formula (1): Li1+aNibCocMdXeO2+? (in composition formula (1), M represents at least one selected from Al and Mn, X represents at least one metallic element other than Li, Ni, Co, Al, and Mn, and a, b, c, d, e, and ? are numbers satisfying ?0.04?a?0.08, 0.80?b<1.0, 0?c<0.2, 0?d<0.2, 0<e<0.08, b+c+d+e=1, and ?0.2<?<0.2), wherein the positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed through aggregation of multiple primary particles, and, in the primary particles inside the secondary particles, the atomic concentration D1 of X at a depth of 1 nm from the interface between the primary particles and the atom concentration D2 of X at the central portion of each of the primary particles satisfy D1>D2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya TOYAMA, Akira GUNJI, Hisato TOKORO, Shin TAKAHASHI, Shuichi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20210344007Abstract: Making a positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes: weighting and mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing respective metallic elements other than Li in a composition formula Li?NixCoyM21-x-y-zM2zO2+? so as to have a metallic constituent ratio of the formula to obtain a mixture, and firing the mixture to obtain a lithium composite compound. Performing, on the mixture, a first heat treatment at 200° C. to 400° C. for 0.5 to 5 hours to obtain a first precursor. A step of performing a heat treatment on the first precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 450° C. to 800° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours, and reacting 92 mass % or more of the lithium carbonate to obtain a second precursor, and a finishing step of performing a heat treatment on the second precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 755° C. to 900° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours to obtain the lithium composite compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hisato TOKORO, Takashi NAKABAYASHI, Shuichi TAKANO, Akira GUNJI, Tatsuya TOOYAMA, Shin TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210336260Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery which has a large charge-discharge capacity, and excels in charge-discharge cycle properties, output properties and productivity, and, a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having an ?-NaFeO2 type crystal structure and represented by the following formula (1); Li1+aNibCocMdO2+?, where, in the formula (1), M is at least one metal element other than Li, Ni and Co; and a, b, c, d and a are respectively numbers satisfying ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b?1.0, 0?c?0.06, b+c+d=1, and ?0.2<?<0.2, and an a-axis lattice constant of the crystal structure is 2.878×10?10 m or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya TOYAMA, Shin TAKAHASHI, Hisato TOKORO, Genei NAKAJIMA, Shuichi TAKANO, Akira GUNJI, Akihiko NOIE
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Patent number: 11011751Abstract: A compound having a layered structure that is used for a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery achieves both a high energy density and a high cyclability. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a compound having a layered structure belonging to a space group R-3m, in which the compound having a layered structure is represented by a compositional formula: Li1+aM1O2+? wherein M1 represents a metal element or metal elements other than Li, and contains at least Ni, ?0.03?a?0.10, and ?0.1<?<0.1, a proportion of Ni in M1 is larger than 70 atom %, and a site occupancy of a transition metal or transition metals at a 3a site obtained by structural analysis by a Rietveld method is less than 2%, and a content of residual lithium hydroxide in the positive electrode active material is 1 mass % or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Akira Gunji, Tatsuya Toyama, Shin Takahashi, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano, Xiaoliang Feng, Sho Furutsuki, Hisato Tokoro
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Publication number: 20210126237Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing a metal element other than Li, and a firing step. The firing step includes at last two stages of controlling firing to different temperatures. The at least two stages include controlling a firing temperature to a lower temperature and controlling a firing temperature to a higher temperature. The firing is controlled is such that the former stage has a lower oxygen concentration in an atmosphere than the latter stage. The firing apparatus comprises at least two firing furnaces of controlling firing temperatures to different temperatures. The at least two firing furnaces include controlling a firing temperature to a lower temperature and controlling firing temperature to a higher temperature. The latter firing furnace has a gas outlet being in communication with the former firing furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Akira GUNJI, Tatsuya TOYAMA, Akio TAKEUCHI, Hisato TOKORO, Shuichi TAKANO, Genei NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20210013505Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery which has a large charge-discharge capacity, and excels in charge-discharge cycle properties, output properties and productivity, and, a lithium ion secondary battery using the same. The cathode active material used for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following Formula (1); Li1+aNibCocMndMeO2+?, where, in the formula (1), M is at least one metal element other than Li, Ni, Co, and Mn; and a, b, c, d, e, and ? satisfy the following conditions: ?0.04?a?0.04, 0.80?b<1.00, 0?c?0.04, 0<d<0.20, b+c+d+e=1, ?0.2<?<0.2, and c and d in the Formula (1) satisfy c/d?0.75.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya TOYAMA, Shin TAKAHASHI, Hisato TOKORO, Genei NAKAJIMA, Shuichi TAKANO, Akira GUNJI, Akihiko NOIE
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Publication number: 20200373572Abstract: A positive-electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium complex compound that is represented by the formula: Li1+aNibMncCodTieMfO2+?, and has an atomic ratio Ti3+/Ti4+ between Ti3+ and Ti4+, as determined through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, of greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 20. In the formula, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Zr, Mo, and Nb, and a, b, c, d, e, f, and a are numbers satisfying ?0.1?a?0.2, 0.7<b?0.9, 0?c<0.3, 0?d<0.3, 0<e?0.25, 0?f<0.3, b+c+d+e+f=1, and ?0.2???0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Akira GUNJI, Hisato TOKORO, Shin TAKAHASHI, Tatsuya TOYAMA, Hiroshi HARUNA, Daiko TAKAMATSU, Takashi NAKABAYASHI, Shuichi TAKANO
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Patent number: 10749175Abstract: A positive-electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium complex compound that is represented by the formula: Li1+aNibMncCodTieMfO2+?, and has an atomic ratio Ti3+/Ti4+ between Ti3+ and Ti4+, as determined through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, of greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 20. In the formula, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Zr, Mo, and Nb, and a, b, c, d, e, f, and ? are numbers satisfying ?0.1?a?0.2, 0.7<b?0.9, 0?c<0.3, 0?d<0.3, 0<e?0.25, 0?f<0.3, b+c+d+e+f=1, and ?0.2???0.2.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Akira Gunji, Hisato Tokoro, Shin Takahashi, Tatsuya Toyama, Hiroshi Haruna, Daiko Takamatsu, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano