Patents by Inventor Sumio Mori

Sumio Mori 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: 11621417
    Abstract: The present embodiment provides a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode containing LiaNixCoyMzO2 (0.9?a?1.2, 0.3?x?0.8, 0.2?y+z?0.7, where M is a metal element other than Li, Ni, and Co) as a positive active material, and a negative electrode containing non-graphitic carbon as a negative active material. In this lithium ion secondary battery, at a portion where the positive electrode and the negative electrode face each other, a basis weight (P) of the positive active material and a basis weight (N) of the negative active material satisfy a relational expression of 0.65?P/N?1.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Masashi Takano, Ukyo Harinaga
  • Patent number: 11283136
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode provided with a positive composite layer containing a positive active material, a negative electrode provided with a negative composite layer containing a negative active material, and a separator partitioning between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a substrate uniaxially drawn into a sheet shape and a coating layer coating at least one of surfaces of the substrate, and the coating layer has an anisotropic structure with orientation in a direction different from a drawing direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako
  • Patent number: 11258065
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a positive electrode plate containing a positive composite layer including a positive active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion; and a negative electrode plate containing a negative composite layer including a negative active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion. A peak pore diameter Rp of the positive composite layer in a pore distribution measured by a mercury penetration method is 0.5 ?m or less, and a peak pore diameter Rn of the negative composite layer in a pore distribution measured by a mercury penetration method is 0.5 ?m or less. A ratio Rp/Rn of the peak pore diameter of the positive composite layer to the peak pore diameter of the negative composite layer is 0.60 or more and 1.70 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Ito, Kenta Nakai, Akihiko Miyazaki, Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 10833349
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly which includes: an approximately rectangular positive electrode; an approximately rectangular negative electrode which is stacked alternately with the positive electrode; and a strip-like elongated separator having a base material layer and an inorganic layer which is made to overlap with the first base material layer, wherein the elongated separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the base material layer of the elongated separator faces the negative electrode in an opposed manner between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Nakai, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori
  • Publication number: 20200295364
    Abstract: The present embodiment provides a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode containing LiaNixCoyMzO2 (0.9?a?1.2, 0.3?x?0.8, 0.2?y+z?0.7, where M is a metal element other than Li, Ni, and Co) as a positive active material, and a negative electrode containing non-graphitic carbon as a negative active material. In this lithium ion secondary battery, at a portion where the positive electrode and the negative electrode face each other, a basis weight (P) of the positive active material and a basis weight (N) of the negative active material satisfy a relational expression of 0.65?P/N?1.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Sumio MORI, Tomonori KAKO, Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Masashi TAKANO, Ukyo HARINAGA
  • Patent number: 10748715
    Abstract: An energy storage device is provided in which a decrease in power caused by repetitive charge-discharge in a high-temperature environment is suppressed. In the present embodiment, an energy storage device and a method for manufacturing the energy storage device are provided, the energy storage device including an electrode which includes: an active material layer including a particulate active material; and a conductive layer layered on the active material layer and including a conduction aid. An average secondary particle diameter of the active material is 2.5 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less. A surface roughness Ra of the conductive layer on a side on the active material layer is 0.17 ?m or more and 0.50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kawaguchi, Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori
  • Publication number: 20190131080
    Abstract: An energy storage device is provided in which a decrease in power caused by repetitive charge-discharge in a high-temperature environment is suppressed. In the present embodiment, an energy storage device and a method for manufacturing the energy storage device are provided, the energy storage device including an electrode which includes: an active material layer including a particulate active material; and a conductive layer layered on the active material layer and including a conduction aid. An average secondary particle diameter of the active material is 2.5 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less. A surface roughness Ra of the conductive layer on a side on the active material layer is 0.17 ?m or more and 0.50 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki KAWAGUCHI, Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Sumio MORI
  • Publication number: 20190027753
    Abstract: An energy storage device of which endurance capacity retention ratio is improved is provided. An energy storage device 10 includes: a positive electrode plate 12 containing a positive composite layer including a positive active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion; and a negative electrode plate 13 containing a negative composite layer including a negative active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion. A peak pore diameter Rp of the positive composite layer in a pore distribution measured by a mercury penetration method is 0.5 ?m or less, and a peak pore diameter Rn of the negative composite layer in a pore distribution measured by a mercury penetration method is 0.5 ?m or less. A ratio Rp/Rn of the peak pore diameter of the positive composite layer to the peak pore diameter of the negative composite layer is 0.60 or more and 1.70 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shota ITO, Kenta NAKAI, Akihiko MIYAZAKI, Tomonori KAKO, Sumio MORI
  • Patent number: 10116005
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a core; and a wound body including, layered and wound around the core: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and two separators, one of which is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and each having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface has thermal bonding properties superior to thermal bonding properties of the second surface, and at least one of the two separators is bonded to the core via the first surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako
  • Patent number: 10003061
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case for storing the electrode assembly therein, the case having an electrolyte solution sealing portion where an electrolyte solution pouring hole formed in the case is sealed; and at least one partition member arranged in a gap formed between the case and the electrode assembly stored in the case. The partition member partitions the gap in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly by surrounding the electrode assembly in the winding direction of the electrode. The electrolyte solution pouring hole is arranged at a position closer to one end of the electrode assembly than the partition member close to one end of the case is in the winding axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Yamafuku, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 9905822
    Abstract: An energy storage unit having plural energy storage devices, each of which includes a container housing an electrode assembly and positive and negative electrode terminals electrically connected to the electrode assembly and extending from the container in the same direction, includes: a bus bar electrically connecting a first terminal, which is one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of a first energy storage device included in the plural energy storage devices, and a second terminal, which is one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of a second energy storage device included in the plural energy storage devices and opposite in polarity to the first terminal; a packing member interposed between the first terminal and the container of the first energy storage device; and an insulating member interposed between the bus bar and the container of the first energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai
  • Patent number: 9865878
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes an active material layer, and the active material layer has pores having a pore size of 0.1 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less, and a total volume of the pores is 0.26 cm3/g or more and 0.46 cm3/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Nakai, Akihiko Miyazaki, Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 9865855
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an insulating layer arranged between these electrodes to electrically insulate these electrodes. The negative electrode includes a composite layer containing active material particles. The composite layer of the negative electrode, and the positive electrode are arranged to face each other across the insulating layer. The insulating layer contains electrically insulating particles, and is made porous by a gap between these particles. The composite layer of the negative electrode is made porous by a gap between the active material particles, and “?0.8?Log B?Log A?1.0” is satisfied in which in a pore distribution of the composite layer, a pore peak diameter is represented by A (?m), and in a pore distribution of the insulating layer, a peak diameter is represented by B (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai, Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 9812686
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an opening portion provided to a case. A first sealing body is provided to the opening portion, the first sealing body being displaced or deformed by a pressure difference between an inside and an outside of the case in such manners that the first sealing body is pressed by internal pressure to allow outflow of inside air from the opening portion when the internal pressure in the case is higher than external pressure and that the first sealing body is pressed by the external pressure to prevent entry of outside air from the opening portion when the internal pressure in the case is lower than the external pressure. Pressure in a space surrounded with the case and the first sealing body is set to be lower than pressure outside the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 9806376
    Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device including an electrolyte solution including a compound represented by the general formula (1), a compound represented by the general formula (2), and a compound represented by the general formula (3):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori, Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai
  • Patent number: 9761876
    Abstract: An energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer containing a non-graphitizable carbon as a negative electrode active material, and the negative electrode active material has a negative electrode active material weight per unit volume of the negative electrode active material layer of 0.92 g/cc or more and 1.13 g/cc or less and a particle size D90 of 4.3 ?m or more and 11.5 ?m or less, the particle size D90 being a particle size in particle size distribution in which a cumulative volume is 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio Mori, Kenta Nakai, Akihiko Miyazaki, Tomonori Kako
  • Patent number: 9705119
    Abstract: An energy storage device comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode has a negative substrate layer, and a negative composite layer arranged on the surface of the negative substrate layer. The separator has a separator substrate layer. The negative composite layer contains a non-graphitizable carbon having a particle diameter D50 of 2.0 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less. A corrected negative electrode density, which is defined as a value obtained by dividing, by a thickness of the separator substrate layer, a value obtained by multiplying a density of the negative composite layer by a thickness of the negative composite layer, is 1.2 (g/cm3) or more and 5.1 (g/cm3) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Kenta Nakai
  • Patent number: 9653714
    Abstract: An electric storage device is provided with an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a case for housing the electrode assembly; a positive-electrode external terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case and electrically connected to the positive electrode plate; a negative-electrode external terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case and electrically connected to the negative electrode plate; and a gas exhaust valve formed in a region of the case on the opposite side of a region where the positive-electrode external terminal and the negative-electrode external terminal are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Kenta Nakai
  • Patent number: 9509148
    Abstract: Provided is an electric storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte solution in which an electrolyte is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein an inorganic filler layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Kako, Hidefumi Hasegawa, Katsushi Nishie, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 9490462
    Abstract: A separator for a battery according to the present disclosure (present separator) is held between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery and includes an inorganic layer formation part and an inorganic layer non-formation part formed at an end. In addition, a nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly including: a positive electrode having an active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode current collector foil exposure part; a negative electrode having an active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a negative electrode current collector foil exposure part; and the present separator held between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a case for housing the electrode assembly; and an electrolyte held between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Teshima, Sumio Mori, Akihiko Miyazaki