Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Shigematsu
Toshihiro Shigematsu 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).
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Publication number: 20230193534Abstract: The present invention provides a non-woven fabric for supporting a solid electrolyte in which heat-fusible composite fibers with a crimp are contained in an amount of not less than 60 mass % and not more than 100 mass % and are heat-fused, and a solid electrolyte sheet. The non-woven fabric for supporting a solid electrolyte is excellent in process performance, is satisfactorily filled with a solid electrolyte, is suitable for achieving a thin solid electrolyte sheet, and has few hole defects. The solid electrolyte sheet is excellent in self-sustainability and flexibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventor: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU
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Patent number: 11637349Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for lithium ion battery separators which has high adhesion to an inorganic particle layer, can be made thin and is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and a lithium ion battery separator including the substrate for lithium ion battery separators. The substrate for lithium ion battery separators which contains heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers contains fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml as the heat-resistant fibers and has a content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml of not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the substrate. The modified freeness is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Toshihiro Shigematsu, Tomohiro Sato, Makoto Kato
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Publication number: 20220271392Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for lithium ion battery separators which has high adhesion to an inorganic particle layer, can be made thin and is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and a lithium ion battery separator including the substrate for lithium ion battery separators. The substrate for lithium ion battery separators which contains heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers contains fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml as the heat-resistant fibers and has a content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml of not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the substrate. The modified freeness is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Tomohiro SATO, Makoto KATO, Masatoshi KITO, Noriko KASAI, Kukjin YOON, Wakana AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20220158299Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lithium ion battery separator which can be made thin, is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and has low internal resistance, a low incidence of internal short circuit failure and high cycle characteristics and a lithium ion battery including the separator. In a lithium ion battery separator containing heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers, fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml are contained as the heat-resistant fibers, and the content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml is not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the separator. Modified freeness: This is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventor: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU
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Patent number: 11335972Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lithium ion battery separator which can be made thin, is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and has low internal resistance, a low incidence of internal short circuit failure and high cycle characteristics and a lithium ion battery including the separator. In a lithium ion battery separator containing heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers, fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml are contained as the heat-resistant fibers, and the content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml is not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the separator. Modified freeness: This is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventor: Toshihiro Shigematsu
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Publication number: 20210288382Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for lithium ion battery separators which has high adhesion to an inorganic particle layer, can be made thin and is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and a lithium ion battery separator including the substrate for lithium ion battery separators. The substrate for lithium ion battery separators which contains heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers contains fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml as the heat-resistant fibers and has a content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml of not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the substrate. The modified freeness is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Tomohiro SATO, Makoto KATO, Masatoshi KITO, Noriko KASAI, Kukjin YOON, Wakana AIZAWA
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Patent number: 10818898Abstract: A separator for electrochemical elements includes beaten solvent-spun cellulose fibers and rayon fibers having a fiber diameter of 9.5 ?m or less. More preferably, the separator for electrochemical elements has a content of the rayon fibers relative to all fibers of 10 to 25% by mass, and can be applied to electrochemical elements such as electric double layer capacitors, hybrid capacitors, redox capacitors, and lithium secondary batteries. The separator can provide low internal short circuit failure rates and high surface strength.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Toshihiro Shigematsu, Masatoshi Kito, Keisuke Ooyama
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Publication number: 20200091486Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lithium ion battery separator which can be made thin, is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and has low internal resistance, a low incidence of internal short circuit failure and high cycle characteristics and a lithium ion battery including the separator. In a lithium ion battery separator containing heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers, fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml are contained as the heat-resistant fibers, and the content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml is not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the separator. Modified freeness: This is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventor: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU
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Publication number: 20190148697Abstract: A separator for electrochemical elements includes beaten solvent-spun cellulose fibers and rayon fibers having a fiber diameter of 9.5 ?m or less. More preferably, the separator for electrochemical elements has a content of the rayon fibers relative to all fibers of 10 to 25% by mass, and can be applied to electrochemical elements such as electric double layer capacitors, hybrid capacitors, redox capacitors, and lithium secondary batteries. The separator can provide low internal short circuit failure rates and high surface strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Paper Mills LimitedInventors: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Masatoshi KITO, Keisuke OOYAMA
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Patent number: 10230087Abstract: A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Tomohiro Sato, Toshihiro Shigematsu, Makoto Kato, Kenji Hyodo, Wakana Aizawa
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Publication number: 20170288190Abstract: A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Tomohiro SATO, Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Makoto KATO, Kenji HYODO, Wakana AIZAWA
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Patent number: 9768430Abstract: A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Tomohiro Sato, Toshihiro Shigematsu, Makoto Kato, Kenji Hyodo, Wakana Aizawa
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Patent number: 9653717Abstract: A separator for electrochemical element, comprising a porous sheet that contains as a main fiber, a fibrillated solvent spun cellulose fiber with an average fiber length of 0.40 to 1.10 mm, has an average internal bond strength of 60 mJ or more in a thickness direction, and has a lowest internal bond strength of 30 mJ or more in the thickness direction, a process for producing the separator, and an electrochemical element using the separator. The separator for electrochemical element has strong mechanical strength and excellent processability.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Hiroo Kaji, Toshihiro Shigematsu
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Patent number: 9570726Abstract: A base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator provided by the present invention comprises a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, in which an average fiber diameter of the polyethylene terephthalate fiber is 9.0 ?m or less, a specific X-ray diffraction intensity derived from the polyethylene terephthalate fiber is 300 cps/(g/m2) or more, and a coefficient of variation of a specific X-ray diffraction intensity is 12.0% or less, and is excellent in the workability during production and excellent in mechanical strength, uniformity and handling in a subsequent treatment step.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Hiroo Kaji, Toshihiro Shigematsu, Nobuaki Hirota, Hiroshi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150372269Abstract: A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Paper Mills LimitedInventors: Tomohiro SATO, Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Makoto KATO, Kenji HYODO, Wakana AIZAWA
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Publication number: 20150064573Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a separator for electrochemical element that has strong mechanical strength and excellent processability, and to provide an electrochemical element using the separator for electrochemical element. [Means for Solving Problem] A separator for electrochemical element, comprising a porous sheet that contains as a main fiber, a fibrillated solvent spun cellulose fiber with an average fiber length of 0.40 to 1.10 mm, has an average internal bond strength of 60 mJ or more in a thickness direction, and has a lowest internal bond strength of 30 mJ or more in the thickness direction, a process for producing the separator, and an electrochemical element using the separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Hiroo KAJI, Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU
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Publication number: 20150024250Abstract: A base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator provided by the present invention comprises a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, in which an average fiber diameter of the polyethylene terephthalate fiber is 9.0 ?m or less, a specific X-ray diffraction intensity derived from the polyethylene terephthalate fiber is 300 cps/(g/m2) or more, and a coefficient of variation of a specific X-ray diffraction intensity is 12.0% or less, and is excellent in the workability during production and excellent in mechanical strength, uniformity and handling in a subsequent treatment step.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITEDInventors: Hiroo Kaji, Toshihiro Shigematsu, Nobuaki Hirota, Hiroshi Matsuda
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Patent number: 7405172Abstract: The present invention provides a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator comprising semi-aromatic polyamide fibers comprising a dicarboxylic acid component, in which 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid component is an aromatic carboxylic acid component, and a diamine component, in which 60 mol % or more of the diamine component is an aliphatic alkylene diamine having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer fibers; wherein, the separator non-woven fabric has superior alkaline resistance in which the weight loss rate after 20 days is 5% or less in an alkaline resistance test at 90° C. in aqueous KOH solution having a specific gravity of 1.30. Consequently, since the present invention enables rapid charging and large-current discharging while also allowing thickness to be reduced for higher capacity, it can be preferably used as a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignees: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited, Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Shigematsu, Shigehiro Maeda, Takashi Katayama
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Publication number: 20050221708Abstract: The present invention provides a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator comprising semi-aromatic polyamide fibers comprising a dicarboxylic acid component, in which 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid component is an aromatic carboxylic acid component, and a diamine component, in which 60 mol % or more of the diamine component is an aliphatic alkylene diamine having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer fibers; wherein, the separator non-woven fabric has superior alkaline resistance in which the weight loss rate after 20 days is 5% or less in an alkaline resistance test at 90° C. in aqueous KOH solution having a specific gravity of 1.30. Consequently, since the present invention enables rapid charging and large-current discharging while also allowing thickness to be reduced for higher capacity, it can be preferably used as a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2003Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Toshihiro Shigematsu, Shigehiro Maeda, Takashi Katayama
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Patent number: 6905798Abstract: The present invention provide a separator for an electrochemical device which comprises a wet nonwoven fabric comprising one or more kinds of fibrillated organic fibers which are at least partially fibrillated into a fiber diameter of 1 ?m or less, and one or more kinds of unfibrillated organic fibers having a fineness of 0.5 dtex or less, which exhibits excellent heat resistance, electrolyte holding properties, internal short-circuit preventing property, and winding property, which results in a lowered internal resistance and prolonged life of an electrochemical device, and a method for producing the same and an electrochemical device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills LimitedInventors: Takahiro Tsukuda, Masatoshi Midorikawa, Mitsuo Yoshida, Toshihiro Shigematsu, Kazuchiyo Takaoka, Kenji Hyodo