Patents by Inventor Tomoki Tsuji
Tomoki Tsuji 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: 20230311510Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus in which separation of ejection modules from a support member is suppressed. To this end, a liquid supply unit is aligned with respect to the support member to which the ejection modules are bonded. Moreover, in a connection unit of an ejection unit and the liquid supply unit, liquid connection units of the ejection unit are connected to be movable relative to the liquid supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: TOMOKI TSUJI, HIROMASA AMMA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, TAKUYA IWANO
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Patent number: 11742480Abstract: This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises composite oxide particles which contain Ni, Co and Li, while containing at least one of Mn and Al, and wherein the ratio of Ni to the total number of moles of the metal elements other than Li is 80% by mole or more. The composite oxide particles are composed of particles in an aggregated state and particles in a non-aggregated state; and the content ratio of the particles in an aggregated state to the particles in a non-aggregated state is from 5:95 to 50:50 in terms of the mass ratio.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Kokubu, Tomoki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20230098540Abstract: A liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality without adding a member for heat radiation is to be provided. Therefore, in the liquid ejection head that ejects a circulating liquid, the second engagement part formed on the discharge port side has an elongated hole shape extending in the arrow B direction so as to support the liquid ejection unit support member in such a manner capable of allowing the thermal deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Yumi Komamiya
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Patent number: 11183740Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kakinuma, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keisuke Yoneda
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Publication number: 20210359301Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes a complex oxide containing lithium and metal M excluding lithium, where a plurality of primary particles of the complex oxide are aggregated to form a secondary particle. The metal M includes at least nickel and aluminum and/or manganese, where an atomic ratio of nickel to the metal M (Ni/M) is 0.8 or more and less than 1.0. The primary particles have an average particle size of 0.20 ?m or more and 0.35 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Takeshi Ogasawara, Masanobu Takeuchi, Noriko Fukamichi
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Publication number: 20210083325Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material that contains composite oxide particles which include Ni, Co, Li, and at least one of Mn and Al, and in which the proportion of Ni in relation to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li is at least 80 mol %. In the composite oxide particles, the ratio (B/A) of the post-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (B) with respect to the pre-particle-compression-test BET specific surface area (A) is 1.0-3.0. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent and a cyclic carboxylic anhydride such as diglycolic anhydride.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Yuanlong Zhong
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Publication number: 20210075013Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has lithium composite oxide particles containing 80 mol % or more but less than 100 mol % of Ni with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li. The lithium composite oxide particles include particles (32) having a stair-like structure in which three or more layers of a flat surface (30) having a periphery length of 1 ?m or more are layered.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoharu Saitou, Takeshi Ogasawara, Yoshinori Aoki, Tomoki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20200373574Abstract: This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises composite oxide particles which contain Ni, Co and Li, while containing at least one of Mn and Al, and wherein the ratio of Ni to the total number of moles of the metal elements other than Li is 80% by mole or more. The composite oxide particles are composed of particles in an aggregated state and particles in a non-aggregated state; and the content ratio of the particles in an aggregated state to the particles in a non-aggregated state is from 5:95 to 50:50 in terms of the mass ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao Kokubu, Tomoki Tsuji
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Patent number: 10811729Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode mix layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mix layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent. A surface of the negative electrode mix layer is provided with grooves. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains 10 volume percent or more of a fluorinated solvent with respect to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent and has a viscosity (25° C.) of 3.50 mPa·s or more as measured with a differential pressure viscometer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Masahiro Shiraga, Manabu Takijiri, Takayuki Shirane, Hiroyuki Fujimoto
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Patent number: 10618327Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit is formed by arranging a plurality of recording element substrates in a first direction. Each recording element substrate has an ejection orifice from which a liquid is ejected. The liquid ejection head unit includes rail portions extending in the first direction and a protective member which is detachably fitted on the rail portions. The protective member is movable along the rail portions between a first position and a second position. The first position allows the protective member to cover whole surfaces of the plurality of recording element substrates. The second position allows the plurality of recording element substrates to be exposed so as to allow a liquid to be ejected from the ejection orifices.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Iwano, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
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Publication number: 20200044276Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode body; a nonaqueous electrolyte liquid; a metal-made exterior package receiving the electrode body and the nonaqueous electrolyte liquid; and a pressing member provided between the electrode body and the exterior package. An outer circumference surface of the electrode body includes an exposing section to which a surface of a negative electrode collector forming the negative electrode is exposed. In addition, the pressing member expands when absorbing the nonaqueous electrolyte liquid and presses the exposing section of the electrode body to an inner surface of the exterior package.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Sakai, Tomoki Tsuji, Masanobu Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20190355958Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kakinuma, Tatsuya Hayashi, Keisuke Yoneda
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Patent number: 10411243Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kakinuma, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keisuke Yoneda
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Patent number: 10384457Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit includes a page-wide type liquid ejection head detachably attached to a liquid ejecting apparatus and a protective member detachably attached to the liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes an ejection port surface on which ejection ports are provided. The liquid ejection head includes a first rail portion, the protective member includes a second rail portion along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the protective member is made to slide in a first direction along the longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head and cover the ejection port surface. The protective member is attached to the liquid ejection head, and then the liquid ejection head and the protective member are moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction and are removed from the liquid ejecting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
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Publication number: 20190221824Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode body comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are wound around while sandwiching a separator therebetween, and housed in a cylindrical housing member. The positive electrode has a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active substance layer extending above the positive electrode collector. The negative electrode has a negative electrode collector, a negative electrode active substance layer extending above the negative electrode collector, and a negative electrode lead connected to the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode lead is disposed more toward the wound core of the electrode body than the end portion of the negative electrode active substance layer and the end portion of the positive electrode active substance layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Manabu Takijiri, Yoshinori Sakai, Masanobu Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20190027752Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is equipped with a positive electrode comprising: a positive electrode active substance containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide; and a lithium compound derived from an irreversible substance irreversibly reacting with lithium at a voltage lower than the average operating voltage of the positive electrode active substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Kazama, Masanobu Takeuchi, Tomoki Tsuji, Manabu Takijiri
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Publication number: 20190009540Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit is formed by arranging a plurality of recording element substrates in a first direction. The recording element substrate has an ejection orifice from which a liquid is ejected. The liquid ejection head unit includes: rail portions extending in the first direction and a protective member which is detachably fitted on the rail portions. The protective member is movable along the rail portions between a first position and a second position. The first position allows the protective member to cover whole surfaces of the plurality of recording element substrates. The second position allows the plurality of recording element substrates to be exposed so as to allow a liquid to be ejected from the ejection orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Takuya Iwano, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Tomoki Tsuji, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
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Publication number: 20190009542Abstract: A liquid ejection head unit includes an ejection port surface on which an ejection port is provided, includes a page-wide type liquid ejection head detachably attached to a liquid ejecting apparatus and a protective member detachably attached to the liquid ejection head, the liquid ejection head includes a first rail portion, the protective member includes a second rail portion along a longitudinal direction thereof, the protective member is made to slide to a first direction along the longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head and covers the ejection port surface, the protective member is attached to the liquid ejection head and then, the liquid ejection head and the protective member are moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction and are removed from the liquid ejecting apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Akira Kida, Tetsuji Kurata, Atsushi Kohnotoh
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Publication number: 20180241087Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode mix layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mix layer, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent. A surface of the negative electrode mix layer is provided with grooves. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains 10 volume percent or more of a fluorinated solvent with respect to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent and has a viscosity (25° C.) of 3.50 mPa·s or more as measured with a differential pressure viscometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Masahiro Shiraga, Manabu Takijiri, Takayuki Shirane, Hiroyuki Fujimoto
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Patent number: 9899680Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material composed of a Ti-based oxide and an additive composed of fluorinated carbon that reacts with lithium at a more noble potential as compared to the negative electrode active material. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention, the battery voltage reaches a discharge cut-off voltage by a potential change in the negative electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Tsuji, Takayuki Shirane, Shinji Mino