Patents by Inventor Tomomi Sakuma

Tomomi Sakuma 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: 20230132785
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a negative electrode wiring line, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode wiring line is coupled to the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer and a film. The film covers a surface of the negative electrode active material layer. The film includes sulfur as a constituent element. The electrolytic solution includes a chain carboxylic acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Tomomi SAKUMA, Shinichi KATAYAMA, Hideki NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230114874
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes a film covering a negative electrode active material layer. The electrolytic solution includes a chain carboxylic acid ester. According to an analysis of the film by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, a content of boron in the film is greater than or equal to 10 ?mol/m2 and less than or equal to 30 ?mol/m2, a content of sulfur in the film is greater than or equal to 20 ?mol/m2 and less than or equal to 70 ?mol/m2, and a ratio of the content of sulfur to the content of boron is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Tomomi SAKUMA, Masahiro MIYAMOTO, Raman KUKREJA
  • Publication number: 20230058100
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide of a layered rock-salt type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ami ONUMA, Atsushi OUKI, Masahiro MIYAMOTO, Takuju HASHIMOTO, Tomomi SAKUMA, Masaki KURATSUKA, Takashige FUJIKAWA, Ryuji SOEDA, Sho TAKAHASHI, Yoshihito AKIYAMA, Yosuke KONO, Takamasa ONO, Shoichi NISHIYAMA, Takeo ASANUMA, Shinji HAYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230025122
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide. The negative electrode includes a lithium-titanium composite oxide. The electrolytic solution includes a dinitrile compound and a carboxylic acid ester. A ratio of a capacity per unit area of the positive electrode to a capacity per unit area of the negative electrode is greater than or equal to 100% and less than or equal to 120%. A ratio of a number of moles of the dinitrile compound to a number of moles of the carboxylic acid ester is greater than or equal to 1% and less than or equal to 4%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Takatoshi MUNAOKA, Masahiro MIYAMOTO, Tomomi SAKUMA, Takuju HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220013812
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent includes a first ester compound and a second ester compound. The first ester compound is represented by R1-C(?O)—OR2, where each of R1 and R2 represents a first alkyl group, R1 has carbon number from 1 to 3 both inclusive, and the sum of the carbon number of R1 and the carbon number of R2 is from 3 to 5 both inclusive. The second ester compound is represented by R3O—FP(?O)—OR4, where each of R3 and R4 represents a second alkyl group, and the sum of the carbon number of R3 and the carbon number of R4 is from 2 to 10 both inclusive. The content of the first ester compound in the solvent is 30 vol % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tomomi SAKUMA, Takuju HASHIMOTO, Hideki NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210066756
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution that includes an alkoxy compound represented by CmX2m+1—O—(CX2)n—OH. Each X represents hydrogen (H) or a halogen, m is an integer of 1 or greater, n is an integer of 1 or greater, and (m+n) is 4 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tomomi Sakuma, Masahiro Miyamoto, Raman Kukreja
  • Publication number: 20200373619
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a dioxane compound and a sultone compound. A content of the dioxane compound is equal to or greater than 0.5 wt %. A content of the sultone compound is equal to or greater than 0.1 wt %. A sum of the content of the dioxane compound and the content of the sultone compound is equal to or less than 3.0 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro MIYAMOTO, Tomomi SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 9825338
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, and one or both of a disulfonyl compound represented by a following Formula (1) and a disulfinyl compound represented by a following Formula (2), where R1 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X1 is a halogen group, where R2 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X2 is a halogen group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Sakuma, Midori Sugawara, Toru Odani
  • Publication number: 20170149098
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, and one or both of a disulfonyl compound represented by a following Formula (1) and a disulfinyl compound represented by a following Formula (2), where R1 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X1 is a halogen group, where R2 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X2 is a halogen group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Tomomi Sakuma, Midori Sugawara, Toru Odani
  • Patent number: 9515350
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, and one or both of a disulfonyl compound represented by a following Formula (1) and a disulfinyl compound represented by a following Formula (2), where R1 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X1 is a halogen group, where R2 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X2 is a halogen group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Sakuma, Midori Sugawara, Toru Odani
  • Publication number: 20140234696
    Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, and one or both of a disulfonyl compound represented by a following Formula (1) and a disulfinyl compound represented by a following Formula (2), where R1 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X1 is a halogen group, where R2 is one of a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, a halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a group obtained by bonding two or more thereof to one another; and X2 is a halogen group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi Sakuma, Midori Sugawara, Toru Odani