Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Yawata

Toshihiko Yawata 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: 11909034
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid state secondary battery comprising a laminate in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are laminated in this order, in which respective areas of the positive electrode layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the negative electrode layer satisfy [the area of the positive electrode layer]<[the area of the negative electrode layer]?[the area of the solid electrolyte layer], a buffer layer having an area more than the area of the solid electrolyte layer and having a Young's modulus lower than that of each of, the positive electrode layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the negative electrode layer is provided on either or both of a side of the positive electrode layer opposite to the solid electrolyte layer side and a side of the negative electrode layer opposite to the solid electrolyte layer side, and the laminate is in a pressurized state through the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yawata, Hiroaki Mochizuki, Shin Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11552300
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery including the electrode sheet. The electrode sheet includes a current collector, a primer layer, and an electrode active material layer in this order, in which the electrode active material layer includes an inorganic solid electrolyte having ion conductivity of a metal belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 in the periodic table, an active material, and a binder a1, the primer layer includes the binder a1 and a binder a2, and in a case where the primer layer is equally divided into six sub-layers in a thickness direction and the six sub-layers are set as a first sub-layer to a sixth sub-layer in order from the electrode active material layer side toward the current collector side, a relationship between a ratio B1 of a content of a1 to a total content of a1 and a2 in the first sub-layer and a ratio B6 of a content of a1 to a total content of a1 and a2 in the sixth sub-layer satisfies B1>B6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yawata, Hiroaki Mochizuki, Shin Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11444315
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a salt of a metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, and a multibranched polymer, in which the multibranched polymer has a core portion and at least three arm portions that bond to the core portion, and the arm portion dissolves a metal ion of the salt of the metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Makino, Hiroaki Mochizuki, Toshihiko Yawata
  • Publication number: 20210184252
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode composition including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a negative electrode active material containing a silicon atom or a tin atom, and a polymer, in which the polymer has substantially no adsorption capacity to the negative electrode active material and the sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a modulus of elasticity of the polymer measured in accordance with JIS K 7161 (2014) is 100 MPa or higher and 1000 MPa or lower, and in a case where a negative electrode active material layer is formed of the negative electrode composition, the polymer is contained in the negative electrode active material layer in a particle form, a negative electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an all-solid state secondary battery, a method for manufacturing a negative electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Shin OZAWA, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi ISOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210104773
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte-containing sheet includes a laminate of three or more solid electrolyte layers, in which the solid electrolyte layer includes an inorganic solid electrolyte and a binder, the inorganic solid electrolytes included in two solid electrolyte layers that are disposed on both surface sides of the laminate among the solid electrolyte layers are formed of particles having an average particle size of 0.3 to 0.9 the inorganic solid electrolyte included in at least one of solid electrolyte layers that are disposed between the two solid electrolyte layers disposed on both the surface sides of the laminate is formed of particles having an average particle size of 1 to 5 ?m, and the binder included in the at least one solid electrolyte layer is particulate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shin OZAWA, Shinji IMAI, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi ISOJIMA, Toshihiko YAWATA
  • Publication number: 20200373565
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid state secondary battery comprising a laminate in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are laminated in this order, in which respective areas of the positive electrode layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the negative electrode layer satisfy [the area of the positive electrode layer]<[the area of the negative electrode layer]?[the area of the solid electrolyte layer], a buffer layer having an area more than the area of the solid electrolyte layer and having a Young's modulus lower than that of each of, the positive electrode layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the negative electrode layer is provided on either or both of a side of the positive electrode layer opposite to the solid electrolyte layer side and a side of the negative electrode layer opposite to the solid electrolyte layer side, and the laminate is in a pressurized state through the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Shin OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200365900
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery including the electrode sheet. The electrode sheet includes a current collector, a primer layer, and an electrode active material layer in this order, in which the electrode active material layer includes an inorganic solid electrolyte having ion conductivity of a metal belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 in the periodic table, an active material, and a binder a1, the primer layer includes the binder a1 and a binder a2, and in a case where the primer layer is equally divided into six sub-layers in a thickness direction and the six sub-layers are set as a first sub-layer to a sixth sub-layer in order from the electrode active material layer side toward the current collector side, a relationship between a ratio B1 of a content of a1 to a total content of a1 and a2 in the first sub-layer and a ratio B6 of a content of a1 to a total content of a1 and a2 in the sixth sub-layer satisfies B1>B6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Shin OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10833351
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity for ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and a compound having an anionic polymerizable functional group, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity for ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and an anionic polymer which bonds to the inorganic solid electrolyte, and an all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing the solid electrolyte composition, the solid electrolyte-containing sheet, and the all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Makino, Hiroaki Mochizuki, Toshihiko Yawata, Tomonori Mimura
  • Publication number: 20190386322
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte (A) having a conductivity of an ion of a metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, an organic compound (B) having log P?1, and a lithium salt (C), in which 0.1 mol or more of the lithium salt (C) is included with respect to 1 mol of the organic compound (B), a solid electrolyte-containing sheet, an all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing a solid electrolyte composition, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet, and an all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Masaomi MAKINO, Tomonori MIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190207253
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode layer material including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte (A) having conductivity of an ion of a metal belonging to Group I or II of a periodic table, an organic compound (B), and an active material (C), in which Expression (1) is satisfied, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery. 0.1?Ec/Ic?1,000 ??Expression (1) In the expression, Ec represents an electron conductivity of the electrode layer material, and Ic represents an ion conductivity of the electrode layer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi MAKINO, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Toshihiko YAWATA
  • Publication number: 20190157711
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a salt of a metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, and a multibranched polymer, in which the multibranched polymer has a core portion and at least three arm portions that bond to the core portion, and the arm portion dissolves a metal ion of the salt of the metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi MAKINO, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Toshihiko YAWATA
  • Publication number: 20190157715
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte, a specific fluorine-containing compound, and a dispersion medium, in which a content of the specific fluorine-containing compound in a total solid content of the solid electrolyte composition is 0.1% by mass or more and less than 20% by mass, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet having an inorganic solid electrolyte and a specific fluorine-containing compound, an all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing a solid electrolyte-containing sheet and an all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi MAKINO, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Toshihiko YAWATA, Tomonori MIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190006700
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity for ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and a compound having an anionic polymerizable functional group, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity for ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and an anionic polymer which bonds to the inorganic solid electrolyte, and an all-solid state secondary battery, and methods for manufacturing the solid electrolyte composition, the solid electrolyte-containing sheet, and the all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi MAKINO, Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Toshihiko YAWATA, Tomonori MIMURA
  • Patent number: 9876254
    Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing, in an aprotic solvent: an electrolyte; a particular nitrile compound; and a flame retardant composed of a particular phosphate compound or a phosphazene compound, in which the nitrile compound is contained in an amount of 0.1 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yawata, Ikuo Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20160126594
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte solution including a nonaqueous solvent; an electrolyte; and a combustion inhibitor, in which the combustion inhibitor contains a phosphazene compound, and specific conditions are defined by boiling points of a combustion inhibitor, a boiling point of a solvent, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko KODAMA, Ikuo KINOSHITA, Yohei ISHIJI, Toshihiko YAWATA
  • Patent number: 9293787
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte liquid for a secondary battery, which has excellent lithium ion conductibility and voltage resistance and is suitably used in a lithium secondary battery, and a high output power lithium secondary battery containing this non-aqueous electrolyte liquid for a secondary battery. Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte liquid for a secondary battery containing a metal salt containing an ion of a metal which belongs to Group 1 or Group 2 of the Periodic Table of Elements, and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon compounds represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yawata, Michio Ono, Yoshinori Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20150221987
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes an electrolyte, a phosphazene compound and an aprotic solvent, in which 20 vol % to 90 vol % of the aprotic solvent is composed of a halogen-containing compound having a carbonyl group and a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Ikuo KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20150214529
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator that separates the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other; and an electrolytic solution that is introduced into the non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery so as to come into contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode with the separator interposed therebetween, wherein the electrolytic solution contains an electrolyte and a phosphazene compound in an aprotic solvent, and the separator is a complex that is composed of a substrate containing a non-heat-resistant resin and a heat-resistant material coating the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Ikuo KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20150099192
    Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing, in an aprotic solvent: an electrolyte; a particular nitrile compound; and a flame retardant composed of a particular phosphate compound or a phosphazene compound, in which the nitrile compound is contained in an amount of 0.1 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the flame retardant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Ikuo KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20140199600
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, which can improve flame retardancy and ameliorate performances of a battery without deteriorating the basic battery performance as far as possible, and a secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery that contains metal salts including ions of metals belonging to group 1 or 2 of the periodic table and a specific cyclic compound having phosphorus and nitrogen atoms in a non-protonic solvent. The non-protonic solvent is a solvent that contains at least one kind of carboxylic acid ester compound and carbonic acid ester compound, and a ratio (MPN/Ms) between a mass (Ms) of the non-protonic solvent containing the metal salts and a mass (MPN) of the cyclic compound is 0.01 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Ikuo KINOSHITA