Patents by Inventor Takuo Yanagi

Takuo Yanagi 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: 20150318569
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte that enables a sulfide solid electrolyte whose ion-conducting characteristic is easy to be improved, to be manufactured. The present invention is a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte including loading a raw material for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte which is mainly composed of a substance represented by the general formula of (100-x)(0.75Li2S.0.25P2S5).xLiI (here, 0<x<100), into a vessel; and amorphizing the raw material after said loading, wherein a reaction site temperature in the vessel is controlled so that x included in the general formula and the reaction site temperature y [° C.] in the vessel in said amorphizing satisfy y<?2.00x+1.79×102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Takuo YANAGI, Takumi TANAKA, Shinichiro KITSUNAI
  • Publication number: 20140287324
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide electrolyte-coated cathode active material particles capable of increasing the discharge capacity of an all solid state battery and of enhancing the battery efficiency. In the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing electrolyte-coated cathode active material particles including cathode active material particles, and a sulfide solid electrolyte layer formed on the surface of the cathode active material particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchida, Takuo Yanagi, Tatsuya Koga
  • Publication number: 20140272554
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material includes: preparing a raw material mixture, containing LiHS and LiX (X is one of F, Cl, Br and I), from a single lithium source; and desorbing hydrogen sulfide from the LiHS in the raw material mixture to form Li2S and synthesizing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material from the LiX and the Li2S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuo Yanagi, Takayoshi Doi, Takumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080206611
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell (10), a supply passage (11) through which fuel gas and oxidizing gas are supplied to the fuel cell, an exhaust passage (12) through which the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas are discharged from the fuel cell, and a reactor (13) provided in the exhaust passage (12) such that a fuel off-gas from the fuel cell is oxidized. The fuel cell system further includes a bypass passage (14) that extends from the supply passage (11) to reach the reactor (13) and returns to the supply passage (11) such that at least a portion of the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas supplied to the fuel cell upon activation thereof is supplied to the bypass passage 14 and heated in the reactor (13). The bypass passage (14) is communicated with an inside of the reactor (13) such that the gas is heated and humidified under a reaction in the reactor (13) upon activation of the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Riki Otsuka, Takuo Yanagi, Munetoshi Kuroyanagi
  • Publication number: 20060263658
    Abstract: A fuel cell system which reduces a quantity of hydrogen in hydrogen off-gas discharged from a fuel cell, and then discharges the hydrogen off-gas to atmosphere, includes an adjusting valve that suppresses a pulsed change in a flow quantity of hydrogen off-gas, which is intermittently discharged from the fuel cell to an exhaust passage and therefore flows in the exhaust passage in a pulse manner, such that the flow quantity becomes constant (stable).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Takuo Yanagi, Norio Yamagishi, Nobuo Fujita