Patents by Inventor Tomooki KAWASAKI

Tomooki KAWASAKI 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).

  • Patent number: 11862796
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The method includes obtaining a precipitate containing nickel and manganese from a solution containing nickel and manganese, heat-treating the resulting precipitate at a temperature of from 850° C. to less than 1100° C. to obtain a first heat-treated product, mixing the first heat-treated product and a lithium compound, and heat-treating the resulting lithium-containing mixture at a temperature of from 550° C. to 1000° C. to obtain a second heat-treated product. The second heat-treated product contains a group of lithium transition metal composite oxide particles having an average particle diameter DSEM of from 0.5 ?m to less than 3 ?m and D50/DSEM of 1 to 2.5. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particles have a spinel structure based on nickel and manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Kenichi Kobayashi, Takahiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11522184
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a spinel structure and containing nickel and manganese is provided. The positive electrode active material includes a first surface region having a chemical composition with a molar ratio of nickel to manganese of 0.1 or less on the surface of the lithium transition metal composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Ken-ichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220181621
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The method includes obtaining a precipitate containing nickel and manganese from a solution containing nickel and manganese, heat-treating the resulting precipitate at a temperature of from 850° C. to less than 1100° C. to obtain a first heat-treated product, mixing the first heat-treated product and a lithium compound, and heat-treating the resulting lithium-containing mixture at a temperature of from 550° C. to 1000° C. to obtain a second heat-treated product. The second heat-treated product contains a group of lithium transition metal composite oxide particles having an average particle diameter DSEM of from 0.5 ?m to less than 3 ?m and D50/DSEM of 1 to 2.5. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particles have a spinel structure based on nickel and manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki KAWASAKI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11296317
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The method includes obtaining a precipitate containing nickel and manganese from a solution containing nickel and manganese, heat-treating the resulting precipitate at a temperature of from 850° C. to less than 1100° C. to obtain a first heat-treated product, mixing the first heat-treated product and a lithium compound, and heat-treating the resulting lithium-containing mixture at a temperature of from 550° C. to 1000° C. to obtain a second heat-treated product. The second heat-treated product contains a group of lithium transition metal composite oxide particles having an average particle diameter DSEM of from 0.5 ?m to less than 3 ?m and D50/DSEM of 1 to 2.5. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particles have a spinel structure based on nickel and manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Kenichi Kobayashi, Takahiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11171334
    Abstract: A positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The positive-electrode active material contains a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a spinel structure and containing nickel and manganese. The lithium transition metal composite oxide has a surface region containing niobium as a solid solution. A mole ratio of an amount of niobium to a total amount of nickel and manganese in the surface region decreases according to a distance from a surface in a depth direction in a region from the surface to a distance of 0.3 nm in the depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Kenichi Kobayashi, Sachiko Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200106097
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a spinel structure and containing nickel and manganese is provided. The positive electrode active material includes a first surface region having a chemical composition with a molar ratio of nickel to manganese of 0.1 or less on the surface of the lithium transition metal composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki KAWASAKI, Ken-ichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190097226
    Abstract: A positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The positive-electrode active material contains a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a spinel structure and containing nickel and manganese. The lithium transition metal composite oxide has a surface region containing niobium as a solid solution. A mole ratio of an amount of niobium to a total amount of nickel and manganese in the surface region decreases according to a distance from a surface in a depth direction in a region from the surface to a distance of 0.3 nm in the depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki KAWASAKI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI, Sachiko MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20180351175
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The method includes obtaining a precipitate containing nickel and manganese from a solution containing nickel and manganese, heat-treating the resulting precipitate at a temperature of from 850° C. to less than 1100° C. to obtain a first heat-treated product, mixing the first heat-treated product and a lithium compound, and heat-treating the resulting lithium-containing mixture at a temperature of from 550° C. to 1000° C. to obtain a second heat-treated product. The second heat-treated product contains a group of lithium transition metal composite oxide particles having an average particle diameter DSEM of from 0.5 ?m to less than 3 ?m and D50/DSEM of 1 to 2.5. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particles have a spinel structure based on nickel and manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki KAWASAKI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9966601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries including: a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by general formula: Lia(Ni1-xCrx)?(Mn1-yTiy)2-?-?-?-?Mg?Al?M?O4 in which 1.00?a?1.30, 0.020?x?0.200, 0.006?y?0.070, 0.450???0.550, 0???0.015, 0???0.035, and 0???0.010, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ga, Co, Zn, Si, Ge, Zr, Hf, Sn, Ta, Nb, P, Bi, Mo, and W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9608271
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following formula: LiaNixMn2-xFeyBzO4 wherein 1.00?a?1.30, 0.30?x?0.60, 0.003?y?0.200, and 0.003?z?0.200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160285092
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries including: a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by general formula: Lia(Ni1-xCrx)a(Mn1-yTiy)2-?-?-?-?Mg?Al?M?O4 in which 1.00?a?1.30, 0.020?x?0.200, 0.006?y?0.070, 0.450???0.550, 0???0.015, 0???0.035, and 0???0.010, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ga, Co, Zn, Si, Ge, Zr, Hf, Sn, Ta, Nb, P, Bi, Mo, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki KAWASAKI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150270550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following formula: LiaNixMn2-xFeyBzO4 wherein 1.00?a?1.30, 0.30?x?0.60, 0.003?y?0.200, and 0.003?z?0.200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Tomooki KAWASAKI, Kenichi KOBAYASHI