Patents by Inventor Toru Odani

Toru Odani 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: 20190267672
    Abstract: The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one kind of cyclic nitrogen compounds and at least one of a first nitrile compound and a second nitrile compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi HIASA, Toru ODANI, Kazumasa TAKESHI
  • Publication number: 20190237806
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one of sulfonyl compounds expressed by R(—S(?O)2—Rf)n, where R represents an n-valent hydrocarbon group including one or two or more aliphatic hydrocarbon rings, Rf includes one of a halogen group and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, n is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuaki KAWASUMI, Toru ODANI, Kazumasa TAKESHI
  • Publication number: 20190237799
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one kind of sulfonyl compounds that are represented by a chemical formula R1(—O—C(?O)—R2-S(?O)2—Rf1)n1 or the like. In the chemical formula, R1 represents of an n1-valent hydrocarbon group, an n1-valent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, an n1-valent halogenated hydrocarbon group and an n1-valent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group. R2 represents one of a divalent hydrocarbon group and a divalent halogenated hydrocarbon group. Rf1 represents one of a halogen group and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group. n1 is an integer of 2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuaki KAWASUMI, Toru ODANI, Kazumasa TAKESHI
  • Publication number: 20190207257
    Abstract: A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes at least one of a first heterocyclic compound and a second heterocyclic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi HIASA, Toru ODANI, Kazumasa TAKESHI, Tadahiko KUBOTA, Nadejda KRASTEVA, Silvia ROSSELLI, Gabriele NELLES, David DANNER, Vitor DEICHMANN, Dennis CHERCKA, William FORD
  • Publication number: 20190109346
    Abstract: A battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte. In the battery, a first compound that is an unsaturated fluorine compound and a second compound that is a nitrile compound are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Toru ODANI, Tadahiko KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180226675
    Abstract: A battery is provided. The battery includes an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and an electrolyte including an electrolytic solution. The electrode group includes an insulating layer having an insulating material, and the electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent containing propylene carbonate in an amount of 5% by mass or more and an additive including one or more predetermined compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Toru ODANI, Tadahiko KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180159174
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and non-aqueous electrolytic solution including a cyclic ether compound that includes a skeleton and one or more substituent groups introduced into the skeleton. The skeleton includes one or more four-or-more-membered oxygen-containing rings. The one or more substituent groups each are a monovalent group represented by Formula (1). —X—O—R??(1) (X is one of a divalent chain saturated hydrocarbon group, a halide group thereof, and nothing. R is one of a monovalent chain saturated hydrocarbon group, etc. At least one of one or more Rs includes one or more of the monovalent chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the monovalent cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the monovalent oxygen-containing cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the halide group thereof, and the monovalent group obtained by bonding two or more thereof, and includes a carbon-carbon multiple bond (one of —C?C— and —C?C—) bonded to an ether bond (—O—).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Toru ODANI, Tadahiko KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9985312
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and non-aqueous electrolytic solution including a cyclic ether compound that includes a skeleton and one or more substituent groups introduced into the skeleton. The skeleton includes one or more four-or-more-membered oxygen-containing rings. The one or more substituent groups each are a monovalent group represented by Formula (1). —X—O—R??(1) (X is one of a divalent chain saturated hydrocarbon group, a halide group thereof, and nothing. R is one of a monovalent chain saturated hydrocarbon group, etc. At least one of one or more Rs includes one or more of the monovalent chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the monovalent cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the monovalent oxygen-containing cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the halide group thereof, and the monovalent group obtained by bonding two or more thereof, and includes a carbon-carbon multiple bond (one of —C?C— and —C?C—) bonded to an ether bond (—O—).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Odani, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 9899670
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The cathode contains an active material capable of inserting and extracting an electrode reactant. A ratio IS/IF of a peak intensity IS derived from SO2? and a peak intensity IF derived from LiF2? is 0.04 or more, the peak intensity IS and the peak intensity IF being obtained by negative ion analysis on the active material with use of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. Since a secondary battery according to the present invention has an intensity ratio IS/IF of 0.04 or more as obtained by a negative ion analysis of the active material using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, the secondary battery is able to achieve excellent battery characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Misawa, Toru Odani, Toshio Nishi
  • Publication number: 20180040916
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, in which the electrolyte solution contains a predetermined compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: RYOHEI TSUDA, TORU ODANI, TADAHIKO KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9887431
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and non-aqueous electrolytic solution including a cyclic ether compound that includes a skeleton and one or more substituent groups introduced into the skeleton. The skeleton includes one or more four-or-more-membered oxygen-containing rings. The one or more substituent groups each are a monovalent group represented by Formula (1). —X—O—R??(1) (X is one of a divalent chain saturated hydrocarbon group, a halide group thereof, and nothing. R is one of a monovalent chain saturated hydrocarbon group, etc. At least one of one or more Rs includes one or more of the monovalent chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the monovalent cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the monovalent oxygen-containing cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the halide group thereof, and the monovalent group obtained by bonding two or more thereof, and includes a carbon-carbon multiple bond (one of —C?C— and —C?C—) bonded to an ether bond (—O—).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Odani, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20180034011
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes an electrolyte solution containing a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and a compound having a predetermined structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: RYOHEI TSUDA, TORU ODANI, TADAHIKO KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180006331
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains, as a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode material having a surface composition represented by the following formula (I); the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a halogenated carbonate represented by any of the following formulae (1) to (2) and an alkylbenzene represented by the following formula (3); a content of the halogenated carbonate is 0.1% by mass or more and not more than 50% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte; and a content of the alkylbenzene is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Toru Odani, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyamoto, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20170358818
    Abstract: A battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte. At least one of the electrolyte and the negative electrode contains an aluminum hydroxide, at least a part of a surface of the aluminum hydroxide being modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Azumi NAKAMURA, Tadahiko KUBOTA, Toru ODANI
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9786951
    Abstract: Batteries and battery packs are provided. In one embodiment, the battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte including a fluidic electrolyte and a non-fluidic electrolyte. The fluidic electrolyte is configured to be imaged as a void image in a secondary electron image and a reflection electron image obtained by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and the non-fluidic electrolyte is configured to be imaged in the secondary electron image and the reflection electron image with a non-fluidic electrolyte contrast different from a contrast associated with a member selected from the group consisting of a solid current collector, an active material, a conductive material, a binding material and a separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamada, Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi, Toru Odani
  • Patent number: 9742037
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains, as a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode material having a surface composition represented by the following formula (I); the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a halogenated carbonate represented by any of the following formulae (1) to (2) and an alkylbenzene represented by the following formula (3); a content of the halogenated carbonate is 0.1% by mass or more and not more than 50% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte; and a content of the alkylbenzene is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Odani, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyamoto, Tadahiko Kubota
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170033402
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a compound represented by M+[(Z1Y1)(Z2Y2)N]? (where M is a metal element, each of Z1 and Z2 is one of groups such as as a fluorine group, and each of Y1 and Y2 is one of groups such as a sulfonyl group), a compound such as a compound represented by R1-CN (where R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group), and a compound such as a compound represented by R22-(CN)n (where R22 is an n-valent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 2 or more). A content of the compound represented by [(Z1Y1)(Z2Y2)N]? in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is within a range of 2.5 mol/dm3 to 6 mol/dm3 both inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tadahiko KUBOTA, Toru ODANI, Hiroki MITA
  • 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