Patents by Inventor Taisuke Masuko

Taisuke Masuko 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: 11532812
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium ion secondary battery includes a pair of electrodes and a solid electrolyte provided between the pair of electrodes. At least one of the pair of electrodes includes an active-material layer and an intermediate layer. An active material constituting the active-material layer has a core-shell structure which has a core region and a shell region and a composition of the intermediate layer is intermediate between the solid electrolyte and the shell region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Masahiro Oishi, Haruna Kato, Taisuke Masuko, Tomohiro Yano
  • Publication number: 20220140386
    Abstract: A solid-state secondary battery includes: a positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; a solid-state electrolyte layer; and side margin layers arranged side by side on outer circumferences of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer. The solid-state secondary battery is made of a laminated body obtained by alternately laminating the positive electrode layer of which the side margin layer arranged on the outer circumference thereof and the negative electrode layer of which the side margin layer arranged on the outer circumference thereof with the solid-state electrolyte layer arranged therebetween, and when the porosity of the side margin layers is defined as ?m and the porosity of the solid-state electrolyte layer is defined as ?e, the porosity ratio (?m/?e) satisfies the following Expression (1); 0.5?(?m/?e)<1 . . . (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taisuke MASUKO, Kazumasa TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11254573
    Abstract: A lithium ion-conducting solid electrolyte containing at least one metallic element selected from the group made of Zn, Ca, Mg, and Cu within a range of 0.01% by mass to 3.0% by mass, and a solid-state lithium ion rechargeable battery containing this lithium ion-conducting solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Masahiro Oishi, Taisuke Masuko, Tomohiro Yano, Keiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11069898
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery has a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode collector, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte has an interlayer solid electrolyte located between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and the all-solid-state secondary battery further includes a trapping layer that traps a metal of which at least one of the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taisuke Masuko, Tomohiro Yano, Hiroshi Sato, Masahiro Oishi
  • Publication number: 20200381774
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode current collector layer and a positive electrode active material layer provided on the positive electrode current collector layer, a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector layer, and a solid electrolyte layer which is arranged between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer and contains a solid electrolyte, wherein the all-solid-state battery includes a power storage unit in which the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer face each other with the solid electrolyte layer therebetween and an exterior unit, and wherein the exterior unit has an ion conductivity of 10?2 S/cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya UENO, Gakuho ISOMICHI, Taisuke MASUKO
  • Publication number: 20200365935
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium ion secondary battery includes a laminate including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer which is alternately laminated with the positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte which is interposed at least between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, and an insulating outermost layer which is positioned at both ends in a lamination direction and does not contain lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro YANO, Teiichi TANAKA, Taisuke MASUKO
  • Publication number: 20200067133
    Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including: a layered body in which a plurality of electrode layers are laminated with a solid electrolyte layer therebetween, a current collector layer and an active material layer being laminated in each of the electrode layers; and a terminal electrode that is formed such that the terminal electrode is in contact with a side surface of the layered body from which end surfaces of the electrode layers are exposed, in which the terminal electrode contains Cu, and Cu-containing regions are formed at grain boundaries that are present near the terminal electrode among grain boundaries of particles that form the active material layers and the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SATO, Keiko TAKEUCHI, Masayuki MUROI, Taisuke MASUKO, Hisaji OYAKE, Tomohiro YANO
  • Publication number: 20200031670
    Abstract: A lithium ion-conducting solid electrolyte containing at least one metallic element selected from the group made of Zn, Ca, Mg, and Cu within a range of 0.01% by mass to 3.0% by mass, and a solid-state lithium ion rechargeable battery containing this lithium ion-conducting solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SATO, Masahiro OISHI, Taisuke MASUKO, Tomohiro YANO, Keiko TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200028215
    Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes a plurality of electrode layers that are laminated with a solid electrolyte layer therebetween, a current collector layer and an active material layer being laminated in each of the electrode layers, the current collector layers contain Cu, and Cu-containing regions are formed at grain boundaries that are present near the current collector layer among grain boundaries of particles that form the active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SATO, Keiko TAKEUCHI, Masayuki MUROI, Taisuke MASUKO, Hisaji OYAKE, Tomohiro YANO
  • Publication number: 20190341621
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery has a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode collector, and a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte has an interlayer solid electrolyte located between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and the all-solid-state secondary battery further includes a trapping layer that traps a metal of which at least one of the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taisuke MASUKO, Tomohiro YANO, Hiroshi SATO, Masahiro OISHI
  • Publication number: 20190305306
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium ion secondary battery includes a pair of electrodes and a solid electrolyte provided between the pair of electrodes. At least one of the pair of electrodes includes an active-material layer and an intermediate layer. An active material constituting the active-material layer has a core-shell structure which has a core region and a shell region and a composition of the intermediate layer is intermediate between the solid electrolyte and the shell region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SATO, Masahiro OISHI, Haruna KATO, Taisuke MASUKO, Tomohiro YANO
  • Patent number: 10218032
    Abstract: A Li-ion conductive oxide ceramic material including a garnet-type or similar crystal structure according to an aspect of the present disclosure contains Li, La, Zr, and O, the material further containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements. A Li-ion conductive oxide ceramic material including a garnet-type or similar crystal structure according to the other aspects of the present disclosure is represented by the following composition formula (1) Li7+xLa3Zr2?xAxO12 where A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements, and x is a number such that 0<x?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Tsukada, Teiichi Tanaka, Hirofumi Kakuta, Taisuke Masuko
  • Patent number: 9991556
    Abstract: A garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide contains Li, La, Zr, and oxygen and contains at least one type of element among elements represented by M1, M2, M3, and M4. M1, M2, M3, and M4 are as follows: M1: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn; M2: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, Co, Fe, and Y; M3: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Sn and Ge; and M4: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teiichi Tanaka, Takeo Tsukada, Taisuke Masuko
  • Patent number: 9780408
    Abstract: A garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide containing LixLa3Zr2O12 (6?x?8) contains Al and element T (T is one or more from Ni, Cu, Co, and Fe). The content of Al is, in terms of Al2O3, 2.5 mol %?Al2O3?15 mol % with respect to a total amount of LixLa3Zr2O12 contained in the garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide. The content of element T is 25 mol %?T?100 mol % with respect to the total amount of LixLa3Zr2O12 contained in the garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taisuke Masuko, Teiichi Tanaka, Takeo Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20160268630
    Abstract: A Li-ion conductive oxide ceramic material including a garnet-type or similar crystal structure according to an aspect of the present disclosure contains Li, La, Zr, and 0, the material further containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements, A Li-ion conductive oxide ceramic material including a garnet-type or similar crystal structure according to the other aspects of the present disclosure is represented by the following composition formula (I) Li7+xLa3Zr2-xAxO12 where A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements, and x is a number such that 0<x?0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo TSUKADA, Teiichi TANAKA, Hirofumi KAKUTA, Taisuke MASUKO
  • Publication number: 20160268628
    Abstract: A garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide containing LixLa3Zr2O12 (6?x?8) contains Al and element T (T is one or more from Ni, Cu, Co, and Fe). The content of Al is, in terms of Al2O3, 2.5 mol %?Al2O3?15 mol % with respect to a total amount of LixLa3Zr2O12 contained in the garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide. The content of element T is 25 mol %?T?100 mol % with respect to the total amount of LixLa3Zr2O12 contained in the garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taisuke MASUKO, Teiichi TANAKA, Takeo TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20160268629
    Abstract: A garnet-type Li-ion conductive oxide contains Li, La, Zr, and oxygen and contains at least one type of element among elements represented by M1, M2, M3, and M4. M1, M2, M3, and M4 are as follows: M1: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn; M2: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, Co, Fe, and Y; M3: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Sn and Ge; and M4: One or more types of elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teiichi TANAKA, Takeo TSUKADA, Taisuke MASUKO
  • Patent number: 8652984
    Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprising a main component and at least one or more subcomponent elements has a dielectric particle and a grain boundary. The dielectric particle has a main component phase substantially composed of the main component, and a diffusive phase around the main component phase where at least one selected from the subcomponent elements is diffused, a local minimal value of Cs is located at an outside edge side with respect to a position of the local maximum value of Cs, and Cs is increased from a position of the local minimal value of Cs toward the outside edge, when the dielectric particle is cut on an arbitrary cutting plane including the main component phase, and Cs is defined as a concentration of one or more elements selected from the subcomponent elements in an arbitrary position in the dielectric particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Endo, Osamu Kido, Hirobumi Tanaka, Taisuke Masuko, Yusuke Sato
  • Patent number: 8456800
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprises an element body obtained by stacking dielectric layers (thickness t1) and electrode layers (thickness t2). The dielectric layer includes a compound expressed by ABO3 (A includes Ba, and may include Ca or Sr; and B includes Ti, and may include Zr or Hf), and includes 0.75 to 2.0 moles of MgO, 0.4 to 1.0 mole of an oxide of Y, Dy, Ho and the like in terms of the oxide, and 0.4 to 0.8 mole of SiO2 per 100 moles of the compound. A segregation phase containing Mg is formed in at least a part of an electrode missing portion. Line coverage of the electrode layer is 60 to 90% and relations of 0.3 ?m?t1?2.0 and 0.3 ?m?t2<1.0 ?m are fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kaneko, Ryutaro Yamazaki, Taisuke Masuko, Yusuke Sato, Yasushi Matsuyama, Yasuo Watanabe, Masakazu Hosono, Saori Takeda, Hirobumi Tanaka, Makoto Endo
  • Publication number: 20120238438
    Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprising a main component and at least one or more subcomponent elements has a dielectric particle and a grain boundary. The dielectric particle has a main component phase substantially composed of the main component, and a diffusive phase around the main component phase where at least one selected from the subcomponent elements is diffused, a local minimal value of Cs is located at an outside edge side with respect to a position of the local maximum value of Cs, and Cs is increased from a position of the local minimal value of Cs toward the outside edge, when the dielectric particle is cut on an arbitrary cutting plane including the main component phase, and Cs is defined as a concentration of one or more elements selected from the subcomponent elements in an arbitrary position in the dielectric particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ENDO, Osamu KIDO, Hirobumi TANAKA, Taisuke MASUKO, Yusuke SATO