Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Seguchi

Toshihiro Seguchi 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: 9391328
    Abstract: A composite positive electrode active material includes: a positive electrode active material which includes a transition metal; and a reaction suppressor which is formed so as to cover a surface of the positive electrode active material, and which is made of a polyanion structure-containing compound having a cation moiety composed of a metal atom that becomes a conducting ion and having a polyanion structural moiety composed of a center atom that is covalently bonded to a plurality of oxygen atoms. A transition metal-reducing layer which has self-assembled on the surface of the positive electrode active material in contact with the reaction suppressor owing to reaction of the transition metal with the polyanion structure-containing compound, has a thickness of 10 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchida, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Patent number: 8920975
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a nitrided lithium-transition metal compound oxide having a rock-salt layer structure or a spinel structure, including: preparing a raw material composite that has a raw material containing lithium, transition metal, and oxygen and a nitriding agent that is expressed by a following General Formula (1) and is solid or liquid at room temperature (25° C.); and synthesizing the nitrided lithium-transition metal compound oxide by firing the raw material composite to nitride the raw material. R1, R2, and R3 are independent of each other and are each a functional group having at least one of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Oki, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Patent number: 8852740
    Abstract: An electrode active material including a lithium-transition metal complex oxide having a layered rock salt structure or spinel structure and a fluorine and nitrogen introduced therein. Also disclosed is an electrode active material production method including a nitrogen introduction step of synthesizing a lithium-transition metal complex oxide (c) having a layered rock salt structure or spinel structure and a fluorine and nitrogen introduced therein, by firing a material composition including a lithium-transition metal complex oxide (a) having a fluorine introduced therein and a nitriding agent (b) being represented by the formula (1) and being solid or liquid at ordinary temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Oki, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20130040193
    Abstract: A composite positive electrode active material includes: a positive electrode active material which includes a transition metal; and a reaction suppressor which is formed so as to cover a surface of the positive electrode active material, and which is made of a polyanion structure-containing compound having a cation moiety composed of a metal atom that becomes a conducting ion and having a polyanion structural moiety composed of a center atom that is covalently bonded to a plurality of oxygen atoms. A transition metal-reducing layer which has self-assembled on the surface of the positive electrode active material in contact with the reaction suppressor owing to reaction of the transition metal with the polyanion structure-containing compound, has a thickness of 10 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchida, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20130022815
    Abstract: An electrode active material including a lithium-transition metal complex oxide having a layered rock salt structure or spinel structure and a fluorine and nitrogen introduced therein. Also disclosed is an electrode active material production method including a nitrogen introduction step of synthesizing a lithium-transition metal complex oxide (c) having a layered rock salt structure or spinel structure and a fluorine and nitrogen introduced therein, by firing a material composition including a lithium-transition metal complex oxide (a) having a fluorine introduced therein and a nitriding agent (b) being represented by the formula (1) and being solid or liquid at ordinary temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Oki, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20100297505
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a nitrided Li—Ti compound oxide, including: preparing a raw material composite that has a raw material containing lithium, titanium, and oxygen and a nitriding agent that is expressed by a following General Formula (1) and is solid or liquid at room temperature (25° C.); and synthesizing the nitrided Li—Ti compound oxide by firing the raw material composite to nitride the raw material. R1, R2, and R3 are independent of each other and are each a functional group having at least one of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Oki, Toshihiro Seguchi
  • Publication number: 20100297504
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a nitrided lithium-transition metal compound oxide having a rock-salt layer structure or a spinel structure, including: preparing a raw material composite that has a raw material containing lithium, transition metal, and oxygen and a nitriding agent that is expressed by a following General Formula (1) and is solid or liquid at room temperature (25° C.); and synthesizing the nitrided lithium-transition metal compound oxide by firing the raw material composite to nitride the raw material. R1, R2, and R3 are independent of each other and are each a functional group having at least one of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Oki, Toshihiro Seguchi