Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Sasakawa
Tetsuya Sasakawa 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: 20200295363Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material represented by a general formula Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1?s(Nb1?tTat)sO2. Here, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Ca, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Hf, and W, and 1.0?x?1.3, 0?a?0.9, 0?b?1.0, 0?c?0.8, 0?d?0.5, a+b+c+d=1, 0.005?s?0.3, and 0.0005?t?0.1 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 10707483Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode including an active material-containing layer and a film is provided. The active material-containing layer contains an active material containing a titanium-containing oxide. The film is present on at least a part of a surface of the active material-containing layer. The film contains fluorine, an organic atom, and a metal ion. The fluorine includes fluorine bonded to the organic atom and fluorine bonded to the metal ion. The film satisfies a relationship of following formula (1), where F1 is a proportion of the fluorine bonded to the organic atom, and F2 is a proportion of the fluorine bonded to the metal ion: 0.1?F2/F1?0.6??(1).Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Yasuda, Yusuke Namiki, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20200091560Abstract: According to one embodiment, a battery includes a container member, electrode groups, and a sheet member. In the interior of the container member, the sheet member forms a partition wall that separates adjacent electrode groups from each other. The sheet member includes a metal layer and an insulating layer. In the sheet member, the metal layer forms an electric path, and the electric path electrically connects the adjacent electrode groups. In the sheet member, the insulating layer is laminated on both sides of the metal layer in an arranging direction of the adjacent electrode groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Kazuomi Yoshima, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 10559843Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an electrode group including positive, negative and bipolar electrodes and separators interposed between these electrodes. In the positive electrode, positive electrode active material layers are formed on both side surfaces of a current collector. In the negative electrode, negative electrode active material layers are formed on both side surfaces of a current collector. In the bipolar electrode, positive and negative electrode active material layers are formed on both side surfaces of a current collector respectively. In the group, these electrodes are stacked with the interposed separators. The group includes current collecting tabs for these electrodes. Connecting portions of these tabs are arranged in different positions on an outer periphery of the group.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Kazuomi Yoshima, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20200044247Abstract: An electrode comprises a current collector; and an active material-containing layer has active materials which comprise titanium-containing composite oxide having an orthorhombic crystal structure and represented by a general formula Li2+aM12?bTi6?cM2dO14+?; wherein the active material-containing layer has intensity ratio Ia/Ib in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the active material-containing layer, the Ia and the Ib are obtained by powder X-ray diffraction method using Cu-K? ray, the intensity ratio is within a range of 0.05?Ia/Ib<0.5, the Ia is the strongest intensity of a diffraction peak among diffraction peaks appearing within a range of 42°?2??44°, and the Ib is the strongest intensity of a diffraction peak among diffraction peaks appearing within a range of 44°<2??48°.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Wen Zhang, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20200044235Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery comprises a current collector; and an active material-containing layer has active materials which comprise titanium-containing composite oxide having an orthorhombic crystal structure and represented by a general formula Li2+aM12?bTi6?cM2dO14+?; wherein the active material-containing layer has intensity ratio Ia/Ib in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the active material-containing layer, the Ia and the Ib are obtained by powder X-ray diffraction method using Cu-K? ray, the intensity ratio is within a range of 0.5?Ia/Ib?2, the Ia is the strongest intensity of a diffraction peak among diffraction peaks appearing within a range of 42°?2??44°, and the Ib is the strongest intensity of a diffraction peak among diffraction peaks appearing within a range of 44°<2??48°.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Wen ZHANG, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Patent number: 10461313Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a nonaqueous electrolyte, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector containing Al, and a positive electrode active material containing layer. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector containing Al, and a negative electrode active material containing layer. The negative electrode active material containing layer includes titanium-containing oxide particles having an average secondary particle size of more than 5 ?m. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery satisfies a formula (1) of Lp<Ln.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Norio Takami, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Hidesato Saruwatari
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Publication number: 20190296337Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode including an active material-containing layer and a film is provided. The active material-containing layer contains an active material containing a titanium-containing oxide. The film is present on at least a part of a surface of the active material-containing layer. The film contains fluorine, an organic atom, and a metal ion. The fluorine includes fluorine bonded to the organic atom and fluorine bonded to the metal ion. The film satisfies a relationship of following formula (1), where F1 is a proportion of the fluorine bonded to the organic atom, and F2 is a proportion of the fluorine bonded to the metal ion: 0.1?F2/F1?0.6??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro YASUDA, Yusuke NAMIKI, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20190296343Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes an Nb2TiO7 phase and at least one Nb-rich phase selected from the group consisting of an Nb10Ti2O29 phase, an Nb14TiO37 phase, and an Nb24TiO64 phase. The active material satisfies a peak intensity ratio represented by the following Formula (1). 0<IB/IA?0.25??(1) In Formula (1), IA is a peak intensity of the maximum peak attributed to the Nb2TiO7 phase and appearing at 2? of 26.0±0.1° in a wide angle X-ray diffraction pattern under CuK? rays as an X-ray source. IB is a peak intensity of the maximum peak attributed to the at least one Nb-rich phase and appearing at 2? of 24.9±0.2° in the diffraction pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yusuke NAMIKI, Yasunobu YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20190288330Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a binder, and an active material represented by a general formula LixMyO2, where 0?x?1.33 and 0.5?y?1 are satisfied and M contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, and Mn. The binder includes a polymer that contains a monomer containing a nitrogen atom. In the pore size distribution of the electrode according to mercury porosimetry, the following formula (1) is satisfied when the pore median diameter is represented by D [?m] and the pore specific surface area is represented by S [m2/g]: S/D?35??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 10305106Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. This nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Li insertion/extraction potential of 0.8 V (vs. Li/Li+) or more. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material represented by LiMn1-x-yFexAyPO4 (where 0<x?0.3, 0?y?0.1, and A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, Zn, and Zr) and an active material that Li can be inserted to at a potential of 3.3 V (vs. Li/Li+) or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Keigo Hoshina, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Mitsuru Ishibashi, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 10230102Abstract: According to one embodiment, a positive electrode active material includes particles and a coating layer. The particles includes a first compound represented by the general formula LiMSO4F wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, and Zn. The coating layer coats at least one part of surfaces of the particles. The coating layer includes a second compound represented by the general formula LiM?PO4 wherein M? is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, and Mg.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 10141575Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector and an electrode layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the current collector and includes lithium fluoride. A first content of lithium fluoride in a first region is 0.02% by weight or more and less than 2% by weight. The first region is adjacent to an interface between the electrode layer and the current collector, and has a first thickness equal to 20% with respect to a thickness of the electrode layer. A second content of lithium fluoride in a second region is from 2% by weight to 10% by weight. The second region is adjacent to a surface on a reverse side of the electrode layer, and has the first thickness.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasunobu Yamashita, Keigo Hoshina, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20180337421Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery include a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material granulated body comprising first positive electrode active material particles and second positive electrode active material particles of which surfaces are coated with carbon. An occupancy rate of the first positive electrode active material particles and the second positive electrode active material particles in the positive electrode active material granulated body is 70% or more and 98% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20180277908Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a secondary battery including a negative electrode active material-containing layer, a positive electrode active material-containing layer, and an electrical insulation layer. The electrical insulation layer is provided between the negative electrode active material-containing layer and the positive electrode active material-containing layer and contains electrically insulating particles. The particle size distribution of the electrically insulating particles includes at least two peaks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20180277906Abstract: In one embodiment, a secondary battery includes two or more electrode groups. The negative electrode tabs of one of the electrode groups and the positive electrode tabs of the other electrode group are arranged in rows. One of the positive electrode tabs of one of the electrode groups and the negative electrode tabs of the other electrode group is disposed at the other end in the second direction. The other is disposed at one end in the second direction at a position different from those of the negative electrode tabs of one of the electrode groups and the positive electrode tabs of the other electrode group that are connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20180277904Abstract: In one embodiment, a secondary battery includes, electrode groups, an insulating sheet, and a container member. The insulating sheet is disposed between the electrode groups. At least part of the insulating sheet is joined to the container member. The container member covers the outside of a stack having the electrode groups and the insulating sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20180269539Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery includes titanium-containing oxide as an active material. The median pore diameter of the electrode is 0.050 ?m or more and 0.1 ?m or less and pore surface area of the electrode is 4 m2/g or more and 8 m2/g or less, by mercury porosimetry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tetsuya Sasakawa, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20180083284Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector and an electrode layer. The electrode layer is disposed on the current collector and includes lithium fluoride. A first content of lithium fluoride in a first region is 0.02% by weight or more and less than 2% by weight. The first region is adjacent to an interface between the electrode layer and the current collector, and has a first thickness equal to 20% with respect to a thickness of the electrode layer. A second content of lithium fluoride in a second region is from 2% by weight to 10% by weight. The second region is adjacent to a surface on a reverse side of the electrode layer, and has the first thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasunobu YAMASHITA, Keigo Hoshina, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Norio Takami
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Publication number: 20180006338Abstract: There are provided an assembled battery and a battery pack having excellent cycle characteristics with respect to high rate charging and discharging. An assembled battery according to an embodiment includes at least one first single cell and at least one second single cell that are connected in series. The first single cell includes a positive electrode containing an active material represented by the general formula LiMO2 (M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, and Mn) and a negative electrode including a titanium-containing oxide. The second single cell includes a positive electrode containing an active material represented by the general formula LiM?PO4 (M? includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni) and a negative electrode including a titanium-containing oxide. The ratio of a charging resistance of the second single cell to a charging resistance of the first single cell is 1 or more and 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Norio Takami