Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Niimi
Tomohiro Niimi 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: 20250038175Abstract: An electrode composite material in the present disclosure includes a silicon clathrate particle and an amorphous silicon particle, and satisfies the following relational expression: 0 atom %<the number of silicon atoms in the amorphous silicon particle/(the number of silicon atoms in the amorphous silicon particle+the number of silicon atoms in the silicon clathrate particle)<50 atom %. A lithium-ion battery in the present disclosure includes an electrode active material layer, and the electrode active material layer contains the electrode composite material in the present disclosure. Further, a production method for a lithium-ion battery in the present disclosure includes forming an electrode active material layer, and the electrode active material layer contains the electrode composite material in the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Masafumi NOSE, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya EGUCHI, Masanori HARATA, Tomohiro NIIMI, Kayoko YUKAWA, Kota URABE
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Publication number: 20250033979Abstract: An electrode active material particle in the present disclosure includes a silicon clathrate portion and an amorphous silicon portion, and satisfies the following relational expression: 0 atom %<the number of silicon atoms in the amorphous silicon portion/(the number of silicon atoms in the amorphous silicon portion+the number of silicon atoms in the silicon clathrate portion)<50 atom %. An electrode composite material in the present disclosure includes the electrode active material particle in the present disclosure. Further, a lithium-ion battery in the present disclosure includes an electrode active material layer, and the electrode active material layer contains the electrode composite material in the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Masafumi NOSE, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya EGUCHI, Masanori HARATA, Tomohiro NIIMI, Kayoko YUKAWA, Kota URABE
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Publication number: 20250038187Abstract: Silicon-clathrate electrode active material particles of this disclosure meet the following relational expression: 0<surface oxygen ratio (wt %)/specific surface area (m2/g)<0.3. An electrode composite material of this disclosure includes the electrode active material particles of this disclosure. Further, a lithium-ion battery of this disclosure has an electrode active material layer, and the electrode active material layer contains the electrode composite material of this disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Masafumi NOSE, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya EGUCHI, Masanori HARATA, Tomohiro NIIMI, Kayoko YUKAWA, Kota URABE
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Publication number: 20240379950Abstract: The present disclosure provides a silicon clathrate electrode active material having low expansion during charging and a solid-state lithium-ion battery comprising such a silicon clathrate electrode active material. The silicon clathrate electrode active material of the present disclosure comprises greater than 0% by mass and less than 19.4% by mass of oxygen atoms. The solid-state lithium-ion battery of the present disclosure comprises the negative electrode active material layer of the present disclosure. The negative electrode active material layer of the present disclosure contains the negative electrode mixture of the present disclosure. The negative electrode mixture of the present disclosure comprises a silicon clathrate electrode active material and a solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun Yoshida, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Eguchi, Masanori Harata, Tomohiro Niimi, Kayoko Yukawa, Kota Urabe
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Publication number: 20240372082Abstract: A silicon clathrate electrode active material having low expansion during charging and a solid-state lithium-ion battery including such a silicon clathrate electrode active material. The silicon clathrate electrode active material includes a sodium compound. In the silicon clathrate electrode active material, a ratio of a mass of the sodium compound relative to a total mass of the silicon clathrate electrode active material and the sodium compound is 0.1% by mass or greater and 5.0% by mass or less. The solid-state lithium-ion battery includes the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer contains the negative electrode mixture. The negative electrode mixture includes a silicon clathrate electrode active material and a solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Eguchi, Masanori Harata, Tomohiro Niimi, Kayoko Yukawa, Kota Urabe
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Publication number: 20240018318Abstract: An object is to achieve an improved rustproofing effect by allowing an abundance of rustproofing agent to be released efficiently without the resin having to contain a large amount of rustproofing agent. As a solution, a rustproofing film containing (A) to (C) below is provided: (A) a polyolefin-based resin; (B) 0.05 to 1.00% by weight, relative to the rustproofing film, of an alkaline metal salt of carboxylic acid whose average particle size is 100 ?m or less and solubility in 50° C. water is 0.1% by weight or more; and (C) 0.05 to 5.00% by weight, relative to the rustproofing film, of particles whose average particle size is 5.0 to 200 ?m, aspect ratio is 1.0 to 20.0, and specific surface area is 100 m2/g or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Shiro SAWADA, Tomohiro NIIMI
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Publication number: 20240014388Abstract: A negative electrode body of the present disclosure is a negative electrode body for a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains Si particles having a clathrate type structure as a negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains 0.850 mass % to 5.000 mass % of Al with respect to a mass of the negative electrode active material layer, and wherein the Si particles contain 0.040 mass % to 0.250 mass % of Al with respect to a mass of the Si particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida, Shinji Nakanishi, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Eguchi, Masanori Harata, Kota Urabe, Tomohiro Niimi, Kayoko Yukawa
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Patent number: 11485118Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve long-term anticorrosive effect for a wide range of articles such as iron castings, steel sheets, and galvanized steel sheets. As a means for achieving the object, the present invention provides a resin molded product structured in such a way that polyolefin resin layer 1 containing an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid, and polyolefin resin layer 2 containing a metal salt of aliphatic carboxylic acid, are stacked.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Shiro Sawada, Tomohiro Niimi
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Publication number: 20200283590Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve long-term anticorrosive effect for a wide range of articles such as iron castings, steel sheets, and galvanized steel sheets. As a means for achieving the object, the present invention provides a resin molded product structured in such a way that polyolefin resin layer 1 containing an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid, and polyolefin resin layer 2 containing a metal salt of aliphatic carboxylic acid, are stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Shiro SAWADA, Tomohiro NIIMI
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Publication number: 20190322839Abstract: A resin molded product has a resin layer 1 that contains an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid with an average particle size of 20 ?m or larger. The resin molded product can achieve long-term anticorrosive effect on a wide range of articles such as iron castings, steel sheets, and galvanized steel sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Shiro SAWADA, Tomohiro NIIMI
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Patent number: 10446838Abstract: Cycle characteristics of a nonaqueous secondary battery are to be improved. An active material including: a first active material that contains a nano silicon produced by heating a layered polysilane represented by a composition formula (SiH)n and having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings formed from silicon atoms are connected; and a second active material that contains a graphite, is used in a negative electrode. With this, expansion and contraction due to stress during charging and discharging can be mitigated, and thereby cycle characteristics improve.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takeshi Kondo, Yusuke Sugiyama, Takashi Mohri, Hiroki Oshima, Tomohiro Niimi, Mutsumi Takahashi, Nobuhiro Goda, Takahiro Sugioka, Yuta Kawamoto
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Publication number: 20190300665Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve long-term anticorrosive effect for a wide range of articles such as iron castings, steel sheets, and galvanized steel sheets. As a means for achieving the object, the present invention provides a resin molded product structured in such a way that polyolefin resin layer 1 containing an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid, and polyolefin resin layer 2 containing a metal salt of aliphatic carboxylic acid, are stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Shiro SAWADA, Tomohiro NIIMI
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Patent number: 10333139Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material including complex particles formed of: nano silicon aggregated particles produced by heating a layered polysilane represented by a composition formula of (SiH)n and having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings formed from silicon atoms are connected; and a composited carbon layer formed from an amorphous carbon and at least covering one portion of the aggregated particles. A mean particle diameter D50 of the aggregated particles is within a range of 0.2 ?m to 30 ?m, and a mean particle diameter D50 of the complex particles is within a range of 0.5 ?m to 40 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takeshi Kondo, Tomohiro Niimi, Yusuke Sugiyama, Masataka Nakanishi, Nobuhiro Goda
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Patent number: 10301094Abstract: An object to be achieved is to provide a product conveyance film, the generation of powder or other foreign matter from which is suppressed under vibration during transport. As a means for achieving the object, a product conveyance film is provided which is placed between a product and a packing material in which the product is enclosed, wherein such product conveyance film is characterized in that the maximum static friction force on its face on the product side is greater than the dynamic friction force on its face on the packing-material side and the difference between the two forces is 0.30 N or more, and that the dynamic friction force on the face on the packing-material side is 0.80 N or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Uchida, Tomohiro Niimi
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Patent number: 10230100Abstract: A negative-electrode active material is used for a negative electrode, the negative-electrode active material including: agglomerated particles including nanometer-size silicon produced by heat treating a lamellar polysilane having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings constituted of a silicon atom are disposed one after another, and expressed by a compositional formula, (SiH)n; and a carbon layer including amorphous carbon, and covering at least some of the agglomerated particles to be composited therewith. An electric storage apparatus including the same is not only able to reduce the irreversible capacity, but also able to inhibit the generation of “SEI.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yusuke Sugiyama, Masataka Nakanishi, Nobuhiro Goda, Tomohiro Niimi, Masakazu Murase, Takeshi Kondo, Shigenori Koishi, Hiroshi Hirate, Yoshihiro Nakagaki, Mutsumi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180222651Abstract: An object to be achieved is to provide a product conveyance film, the generation of powder or other foreign matter from which is suppressed under vibration during transport. As a means for achieving the object, a product conveyance film is provided which is placed between a product and a packing material in which the product is enclosed, wherein such product conveyance film is characterized in that the maximum static friction force on its face on the product side is greater than the dynamic friction force on its face on the packing-material side and the difference between the two forces is 0.30 N or more, and that the dynamic friction force on the face on the packing-material side is 0.80 N or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Takashi UCHIDA, Tomohiro NIIMI
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Patent number: 9997772Abstract: Providing a negative-electrode material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, the negative-electrode material including lithium silicate particles coated by a carbonaceous substance, a production process for the same, a negative electrode for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery. A negative-electrode material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery includes lithium silicate particles having a surface at least some of which is coated by a carbonaceous substance formed by heating a carbon-containing compound at a thermal decomposition temperature of the carbon-containing compound or more and 1,100±° C. or less, the carbon-containing compound being a solid at ordinary temperature and exhibiting a zeta-potential absolute value being 60 or more against N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (or NMP).Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Tomohiro Niimi, Yusuke Sugiyama, Nagisa Watanabe, Kazuhito Kawasumi, Masakazu Murase, Masataka Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9926039Abstract: A front derailleur includes a base member, a chain guide, a link mechanism and a cable guiding structure. The base member is fixedly coupled to a bicycle. The chain guide is configured to guide a chain. The link mechanism movably couples the chain guide to the base member between a retracted position and an extended position in response to movement of an operation cable. The cable guiding structure has one of bore, recess and groove formed on the link mechanism to guide the operation cable. The operation cable exits forwardly from the cable guiding structure within a sector having an angle of 150 degrees around the crank axis from an upper radius lying in a first plane that is perpendicular to a second plane containing a crank axis and a rear wheel axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Atsuhiro Emura, Kenkichi Inoue, Tomohiro Niimi
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Publication number: 20170256792Abstract: A production process for carbon-coated silicon material includes the steps of: a lamellar-silicon-compound production step of reacting CaSi2 with an acid to turn the CaSi2 into a lamellar silicon compound; a silicon-material production step of heating the lamellar silicon compound at 300° C. or more to turn the lamellar silicon compound into a silicon material; a coating step of coating the silicon material with carbon; and a washing step of washing the silicon material, or another silicon material undergone the coating step, with a solvent of which the relative permittivity is 5 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takeshi KONDO, Yusuke SUGIYAMA, Nobuhiro GODA, Mutsumi TAKAHASHI, Takashi MOHRI, Tomohiro NIIMI, Tomokuni ABE, Hirotaka SONE, Atsushi SAITO, Akihiro SAEKI
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Publication number: 20170240246Abstract: A front derailleur includes a base member, a chain guide, a link mechanism and a cable guiding structure. The base member is fixedly coupled to a bicycle. The chain guide is configured to guide a chain. The link mechanism movably couples the chain guide to the base member between a retracted position and an extended position in response to movement of an operation cable. The cable guiding structure has one of bore, recess and groove formed on the link mechanism to guide the operation cable. The operation cable exits forwardly from the cable guiding structure within a sector having an angle of 150 degrees around the crank axis from an upper radius lying in a first plane that is perpendicular to a second plane containing a crank axis and a rear wheel axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Atsuhiro EMURA, Kenkichi INOUE, Tomohiro NIIMI