Patents by Inventor Takehiro Maeda
Takehiro Maeda 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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Patent number: 11145853Abstract: A secondary battery includes a power generation element that includes a positive electrode having a collector on which a positive electrode active material layer is disposed, an electrolyte layer for retaining an electrolyte, and a negative electrode having a collector on which a negative electrode active material layer is disposed. The negative electrode active material layer has an area greater than that of the positive electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer has a facing portion that faces a positive electrode active material layer with an electrolyte layer interposed by therebetween, and a non-facing portion that is positioned on an outer periphery of the facing portion and does not face the positive electrode active material layer. The non-facing portion has a stretching rate that is less than a stretching rate of the facing portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Envision AESC Japan Ltd.Inventors: Takehiro Maeda, Yoshinori Naruoka
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Publication number: 20200154747Abstract: Provided are a beverage, food, and a food flavor composition which are characterized by containing 3,7-dimethyl-2-methylene-6-octen-1-ol or by having 3,7-dimethyl-2-methylene-6-octen-1-ol added thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichiro YAMAZAKI, Shingo CHIBA, Yoshiharu GONDA, Hideo UJIHARA, Tomoharu SATO, Ayano HABU, Takehiro MAEDA, Kunihide HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20200020928Abstract: A secondary battery includes a power generation element that includes a positive electrode having a collector on which a positive electrode active material layer is disposed, an electrolyte layer for retaining an electrolyte, and a negative electrode having a collector on which a negative electrode active material layer is disposed. The negative electrode active material layer has an area greater than that of the positive electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer has a facing portion that faces a positive electrode active material layer with an electrolyte layer interposed by therebetween, and a non-facing portion that is positioned on an outer periphery of the facing portion and does not face the positive electrode active material layer. The non-facing portion has a stretching rate that is less than a stretching rate of the facing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Takehiro MAEDA, Yoshinori NARUOKA
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Patent number: 10444024Abstract: A method for guiding a user of an electric vehicle to a charging facility includes: searching for charging facilities existing within a predetermined distance from the current position of the electric vehicle; when a high-output charging facility and a low-output charging facility in a predetermined positional relationship with the high-output charging facility are searched, calculating the estimated value of a remaining charged capacity of a battery of the electric vehicle; calculating the estimated value of a charging time if charging the battery of the electric vehicle from the estimated value of the remaining charged capacity of the battery to a predetermined charged capacity at each of the searched charging facilities; and when the difference between the estimated value of the charging times at the high-output charging facility and the low-output charging facility is a predetermined value or less, presenting the low-output charging facility to the user of the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yoshino, Takehiro Maeda, Yoshinori Naruoka
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Patent number: 10431852Abstract: A flat secondary battery has a laminate-type power generation element in which two or more plate-like electrodes are laminated via separators; and a pair of rectangular exterior members defined by long sides and short sides when viewed from a lamination direction of the two or more electrodes that seal the power generation element and an electrolyte solution. At least one exterior member of the pair of the rectangular exterior members comprises: an abutting part including an abutting surface that abuts against an uppermost layer electrode of the two or more electrodes; a sealing part at which the rectangular exterior members overlap each other at an outer circumferential position of the rectangular exterior members; and an extending part that extends from the abutting part to the sealing part, and the flat secondary battery satisfies 1?LA/LB?2.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Envision AESC Japan Ltd.Inventors: Takehiro Maeda, Takamitsu Saito, Azusa Matsuo, Ami Oume, Yoshiaki Nitta
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Patent number: 10381608Abstract: A flat type battery includes an exterior member housing an electrolytic solution and a power generating element. The power generating element contains electrodes alternating layered between electrolyte layers, and expands with use in a layering direction of the electrodes. The exterior member forms a tightly sealed space in which the power generating element is housed, and in which an extra space is formed between the exterior member and a side surface extending along the layering direction of the power generating element. The exterior member includes a volume adjustment portion allowing for an increase in the volume of the extra space by expanding in response to a pressure rise inside the tightly sealed space while the exterior member is being pressed against the surfaces intersecting the layering direction of the power generating element due to a pressure difference between the exterior and the interior.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ami Oume, Azusa Matsuo, Takamitsu Saito, Takehiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Nitta
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Publication number: 20190025068Abstract: A method for guiding a user of an electric vehicle to a charging facility includes: searching for charging facilities existing within a predetermined distance from the current position of the electric vehicle; when a high-output charging facility and a low-output charging facility in a predetermined positional relationship with the high-output charging facility are searched, calculating the estimated value of a remaining charged capacity of a battery of the electric vehicle; calculating the estimated value of a charging time if charging the battery of the electric vehicle from the estimated value of the remaining charged capacity of the battery to a predetermined charged capacity at each of the searched charging facilities; and when the difference between the estimated value of the charging times at the high-output charging facility and the low-output charging facility is a predetermined value or less, presenting the low-output charging facility to the user of the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yoshino, Takehiro Maeda, Yoshinori Naruoka
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Patent number: 10186693Abstract: A flat secondary battery has a laminate-type power generation element in which two or more plate-like electrodes are laminated via each of separators; and a pair of rectangular exterior members when viewed from a lamination direction of the two or more electrodes, the rectangular exterior members sealing the laminate-type power generation element and an electrolyte solution. At least one exterior member of the pair of the rectangular exterior members comprises: an abutting part including an abutting surface that abuts against an uppermost layer electrode of the two or more electrodes; a sealing part at which the rectangular exterior members overlap each other at an outer circumferential position of the rectangular exterior members; and an extending part that extends from the abutting part to the sealing part, and the flat secondary battery satisfies: 1.03 ? L b 2 + d 2 ? 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Azusa Matsuo, Yoshiaki Nitta, Takamitsu Saito, Ami Oume, Takehiro Maeda
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Publication number: 20180166663Abstract: A flat type battery includes an exterior member housing an electrolytic solution and a power generating element. The power generating element contains electrodes alternating layered between electrolyte layers, and expands with use in a layering direction of the electrodes. The exterior member forms a tightly sealed space in which the power generating element is housed, and in which an extra space is formed between the exterior member and a side surface extending along the layering direction of the power generating element. The exterior member includes a volume adjustment portion allowing for an increase in the volume of the extra space by expanding in response to a pressure rise inside the tightly sealed space while the exterior member is being pressed against the surfaces intersecting the layering direction of the power generating element due to a pressure difference between the exterior and the interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Ami OUME, Azusa MATSUO, Takamitsu SAITO, Takehiro MAEDA, Yoshiaki NITTA
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Publication number: 20170025710Abstract: A flat secondary battery has a laminate-type power generation element in which two or more plate-like electrodes are laminated via separators; and a pair of rectangular exterior members defined by long sides and short sides when viewed from a lamination direction of the two or more electrodes that seal the power generation element and an electrolyte solution. At least one exterior member of the pair of the rectangular exterior members comprises: an abutting part including an abutting surface that abuts against an uppermost layer electrode of the two or more electrodes; a sealing part at which the rectangular exterior members overlap each other at an outer circumferential position of the rectangular exterior members; and an extending part that extends from the abutting part to the sealing part, and the flat secondary battery satisfies 1?LA/LB?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Takehiro Maeda, Takamitsu Saito, Azusa Matsuo, Ami Oume, Yoshiaki Nitta
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Publication number: 20170025649Abstract: A flat secondary battery has a laminate-type power generation element in which two or more plate-like electrodes are laminated via each of separators; and a pair of rectangular exterior members when viewed from a lamination direction of the two or more electrodes, the rectangular exterior members sealing the laminate-type power generation element and an electrolyte solution. At least one exterior member of the pair of the rectangular exterior members comprises: an abutting part including an abutting surface that abuts against an uppermost layer electrode of the two or more electrodes; a sealing part at which the rectangular exterior members overlap each other at an outer circumferential position of the rectangular exterior members; and an extending part that extends from the abutting part to the sealing part, and the flat secondary battery satisfies: 1.03 ? L b 2 + d 2 ? 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Azusa Matsuo, Yoshiaki Nitta, Takamitsu Saito, Ami Oume, Takehiro Maeda