Patents by Inventor Tomohito Sekiya

Tomohito Sekiya 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: 20240105926
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery system according to this application includes an all-solid-state battery and a charging apparatus, in which the all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the negative electrode contains a negative-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, the negative-electrode active material contains a lithium titanium oxide, and a negative electrode discharge utilization rate X calculated using the following equation is 134 mAh/g or less. The negative electrode discharge utilization rate X=battery capacity Q (mAh)/mass of the negative-electrode active material in the negative electrode (g), where the battery capacity Q is a discharge capacity (mAh) obtained when the battery is charged with a constant current at 0.2 C to the upper limit charging voltage, charged with a constant voltage to 0.002 C, and discharged at 0.002 C to 1 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito SEKIYA, Yuya KATAYAMA, Hironori TSUCHIE
  • Publication number: 20210194058
    Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte battery has good storage characteristics in a high temperature environment. The inventive nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: an electrode body that is obtained by laminating a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator in between; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution that contains a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The inventive nonaqueous electrolyte battery is characterized in that the positive electrode includes a lithium-containing layered nickel oxide that contains 50% by mole or more of Ni relative to Li; that the negative electrode includes a laminate that contains a metal base layer which is not alloyed with Li, and an Al active layer that is bonded to one surface or both surfaces of the metal base layer; and that a Li—Al alloy is formed on at least the surface side of the Al active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Sekiya, Masayuki Yamada, Yasunori Masaoka, Yoshihisa Hirose, Atsushi Hatakeyama, Hidetoshi Morikami
  • Publication number: 20190356014
    Abstract: The lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode body and a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid. The negative electrode active material in the negative electrode includes a materials S including Si. Assuming that a total of all negative electrode active materials included in the negative electrode is 100 mass %, a content of the material S is higher than 5 mass %. The nonaqueous electrolyte liquid comprises propylene carbonate and a chain carbonate as a solvent. A volume content of the propylene carbonate in the solvent is 10 to 50 volume %. The positive electrode comprises a positive electrode composition layer comprising a metal oxide comprising Li and a metal M except for Li as a positive electrode active material provided on at least one surface of a positive electrode current collector. The lithium ion secondary battery has an upper limit voltage in charge is 4.35 V of more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Susumu Yoshikawa, Tomohito Sekiya
  • Patent number: 9819018
    Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion secondary battery with a high capacity and having excellent cycle characteristics. The lithium ion secondary battery, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid. Here, the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode material in which a surface of particles of a positive electrode active material is coated with an Al-containing oxide. The Al-containing oxide has an average coating thickness of 5 to 50 nm. The positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode material comprises a lithium cobalt oxide comprising Co and at least one kind of an element M1 selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zr, Ni, Mn, Ti and Al. The negative electrode comprises a material S including SiOx (0.5?x?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Sekiya, Hiroshi Abe, Akira Inaba, Susumu Yoshikawa, Yuji Hashimoto, Seiji Ishizawa, Toshihiro Abe
  • Publication number: 20160351900
    Abstract: There is provided a lithium ion secondary battery with a high capacity and having excellent cycle characteristics. The lithium ion secondary battery, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid. Here, the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode material in which a surface of particles of a positive electrode active material is coated with an Al-containing oxide. The Al-containing oxide has an average coating thickness of 5 to 50 nm. The positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode material comprises a lithium cobalt oxide comprising Co and at least one kind of an element M1 selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zr, Ni, Mn, Ti and Al. The negative electrode comprises a material S including SiOx (0.5?x?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Sekiya, Hirosi Abe, Akira Inaba, Susumu Yoshikawa, Yuji Hashimoto, Seiji Ishizawa, Toshihiro Abe