Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Ariga

Toshiyuki Ariga 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: 20240106022
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including a plurality of cylindrical solid batteries, each cylindrical solid battery having a shaft member, and a wound electrode group in which an electrode laminate of a positive electrode and a negative electrode laminated via an electrolyte is wound around the shaft member, the shaft member being provided with an NTC thermistor or a CTR thermistor in an axial direction between a first conductive member and a second conductive member, and having a through hole in its center, each cylindrical solid battery further having a temperature controller that is disposed in the through hole and controls the temperature of the NTC thermistor or CTR thermistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20240079689
    Abstract: To provide a laminate type solid-state battery capable of preferably accommodating an electrode laminate. A laminate type solid-state battery comprising: an electrode laminate; and a casing body being formed of a laminate film and accommodating the electrode laminate, the casing body comprising an insulating member in an interior thereof, the insulating member abutting at least one of laminate end surfaces of the electrode laminate, the insulating member having an inclined surface that outwardly inclines from the electrode laminate in a cross-sectional view along the laminate direction, the inclined surface and the laminate surface of the electrode laminate forming an angle greater than 90° and less than 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya TANIUCHI, Tadashi MATSUSHITA, Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Patent number: 11862820
    Abstract: To provide a solid-state battery capable of achieving high capacity. A solid-state battery including a multilayer body including a stack of a plurality of electrode layers including positive electrode layers and negative electrode layers and solid electrolyte layers each disposed between the electrode layers, the multilayer body having a columnar shape; and the solid-state battery including a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal disposed at both end portions of the multilayer body; a positive electrode tab electrically connected to the positive electrode layer and the positive electrode terminal; and a negative electrode tab electrically connected to the negative electrode layer and the negative electrode terminal, wherein the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are spirally wound on an outer peripheral surface of the multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Masahiro Ohta, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Patent number: 11804618
    Abstract: To provide a solid-state battery in which the capacity and voltage can be optionally adjusted in a single battery and the installation space for the battery can be reduced. A solid-state battery includes a plurality of electrode layers, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the electrode layers. The electrode layers includes positive electrode portion formed by filling a current collector including a metal porous body with a positive electrode material mixture, negative electrode portion formed by filling a current collector including a metal porous body with a negative electrode material mixture, and an isolation portion formed between the positive electrode portion and the negative electrode portion. Between the plurality of electrode layers disposed adjacent to each other, the positive electrode portion and the negative electrode portion are disposed so as to face each other, and the isolation portions are disposed so as to face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Masahiro Ohta, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230318158
    Abstract: Provided is a cylindrical battery including: a shaft core; a set of wound electrodes including an electrode stack wound on the shaft core; an exterior member surrounding the set of wound electrodes; a cap disposed at one axial end of the shaft core and electrically connected to one of the positive and negative electrodes; and an insulating member disposed between the exterior member and the cap, the cap having an outer diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the exterior member and smaller than the outer diameter of the exterior member, the insulating member having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the cap, the insulating member having a protrusion that is located more inside in the radial direction of the set of wound electrodes than the inner surface of the exterior member and protrudes toward the set of wound electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20230318114
    Abstract: A battery module of the present invention includes a plurality of stacked solid battery cells, end plates disposed at one end and other end of the plurality of solid battery cells in the stacking direction, respectively, a constraint part configured to press against the plurality of solid battery cells from both ends via the end plates and constrain the plurality of solid battery cells, a separator disposed at least at one of between the plurality of solid battery cells and between the solid battery cells and the end plates, and a strut member installed between the end plates, a thermal expansion coefficient of the separator being greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the solid battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230318062
    Abstract: A hydrogen sulfide absorbing device capable of efficiently absorbing hydrogen sulfide gas produced in a battery pack with less energy is provided. A hydrogen sulfide absorbing device includes: a battery pack having an all-solid secondary battery cell; a hydrogen sulfide supply part which supplies a hydrogen sulfide-containing gas produced in the battery pack to a hydrogen sulfide absorbing part; a hydrogen sulfide absorbing part having a hydrogen sulfide absorber configured to absorb hydrogen sulfide gas contained in the hydrogen sulfide-containing gas; and a hydrogen sulfide absorber heating part which heats the hydrogen sulfide absorber using waste heat produced by a waste heat generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230318145
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state battery comprising: electrode laminates, each of the electrode laminates being configured with a solid electrolyte layer and a positive electrode composite layer that are sequentially laminated on a negative electrode current collector; and a positive electrode current collector sandwiched between the electrode laminates. The positive electrode composite layer is provided with a positive electrode insulating frame on an outer perimetric part thereof. When the solid-state battery is viewed from above, an outer perimetric edge of the negative electrode current collector exists inward of an outer perimetric edge of the solid electrolyte layer, and an outer perimetric edge of the positive electrode insulating frame exists at a same position as the outer perimetric edge of the solid electrolyte layer or exists outward of the outer perimetric edge of the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya TANIUCHI, Toshiyuki ARIGA, Tadashi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230318142
    Abstract: A solid-state battery includes a plurality of positive electrode layer including positive-electrode-active-material-layer and positive electrode-current-collector-layer, a negative electrode layer including negative-electrode-active-material-layer and negative-electrode-current-collector-layer, and solid-electrolyte-layer disposed between positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, the solid-electrolyte-layer is longer than positive electrode layer and negative electrode layer in a first direction perpendicular to a stacking direction, the solid-electrolyte-layer is constituted by solid electrolyte sheet including porous substrate having cavities, and solid electrolyte which is filled in at least a part of the porous substrate, the solid electrolyte sheet has facing portion that faces positive-electrode-active-material-layer and negative-electrode-active-material-layer, and non-facing portion located on outer side of facing portion in the first direction, content percentage of solid electrolyte
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230317965
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an electrode laminate and a secondary battery capable of reducing manufacturing costs and preventing non-uniform electrode reactions during charging and discharging. An electrode laminate (1) includes a plurality of sheet-shaped negative electrodes (2), a plurality of sheet-shaped solid electrolytes (3), and a plurality of sheet-shaped positive electrodes (4). The plurality of negative electrodes (2), the plurality of solid electrolytes (3), and the plurality of positive electrodes (4) are laminated together within a predetermined range. The negative electrode current collecting part (2A) and the positive electrode current collecting part (4A) each have a shape that tapers toward a direction away from the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki CHIBA, Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20230318107
    Abstract: A battery pack of the present invention includes a stacked body of a plurality of solid state battery cells, end plates connected to both ends of the stacked body in a stacking direction, respectively, first wall members connected to the end plates on the both ends via a first self-centering mechanism, respectively, and a support member configured to support the first wall member, the first self-centering mechanism being constituted by a spherical member and two plate-shaped members slidable on a surface of the spherical member, one of the plate-shaped member being connected to the end plate, and other one of the plate-shaped member being connected to the first wall member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230318069
    Abstract: An all solid-state battery unit includes: an all solid-state battery module in which a plurality of all solid-state battery cells are laminated and; an alternating temperature unit configured to heat or cool the all solid-state battery module; a control unit configured to control the alternating temperature unit, wherein the control unit controls the alternating temperature unit depending on either or both of values of a State of Charge of the all solid-state battery module and a temperature of the all solid-state battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230318012
    Abstract: Provided is a cylindrical battery including: a shaft member; a wound electrode group in which an electrode laminate of a positive electrode and a negative electrode laminated via an electrolyte is wound around the shaft member; a fixing member that fixes an end of the wound electrode group on a side not in contact with the shaft member in a winding direction; and an exterior member that winds around the wound electrode group and the fixing member, one end of the fixing member in the winding direction overlapping with the wound electrode group, and the other end in the winding direction overlapping with the exterior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20230318103
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including: multiple cylindrical batteries each including: a shaft core; a set of wound electrodes including an electrode stack wound around the shaft core and including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive and negative electrodes stacked; a first fastener provided at a first axial end of the shaft core; and a second fastener provided at a second axial end of the shaft core, adjacent ones of the cylindrical batteries being fastened together with the first and second fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Patent number: 11777163
    Abstract: To reduce influence of external force on a current collection tab lead and a current collection tab in a laminated cell type battery. A single film of an exterior body contacts and covers a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces of a battery perpendicular to an end surface of the battery from which a current collection tab and a current collection tab lead are provided to extend, covers the end surface of the battery from which the current collection tab and the current collection tab lead protrude, and is folded in from both short sides of the end surface such that triangular pyramid-shaped spaces are formed on both sides. A reinforcement member is arranged in and joined to each triangular pyramid-shaped space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Masahiro Ohta, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20230266394
    Abstract: A battery unit includes: a module including m cell groups that are connected in series and each include n cells connected in parallel; m voltage detectors; (m×(n?1)) heat flow detectors; a storage; and a state estimator. The storage stores a table map of OCV vs. SOC characteristics (A1) and a table map of HF vs. SOC characteristics (A2). For each of the m cell groups, the state estimator is configured to: determine, based on the (A2), a true SOC of (n?1) cells that corresponds to a heat flow detected; determine, based on the (A1), an OCV of the (n?1) cells that corresponds to the determined true SOC; calculates an OCV of a remaining cell from the determined OCV and a detected composite voltage; and determine, based on the (A1), a true SOC of the remaining cell that corresponds to the calculated OCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki CHIBA, Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Patent number: 11735799
    Abstract: To provide a lithium ion secondary battery in which it is possible to prevent an electrode end part from cracking, when current collector tabs of the lithium ion secondary battery are bound to each other and joined to a lead terminal. A lithium ion secondary battery includes a lithium ion secondary battery main body and a lead terminal. The lithium ion secondary battery main body has a laminated body repeatedly disposed with positive electrodes respectively including positive electrode current collectors, solid electrolytes, and negative electrodes respectively including negative electrode current collectors. The current collectors respectively extend from an end face of the laminated body in an identical direction to constitute a plurality of current collector tabs. The lead terminal is electrically coupled to the plurality of current collector tabs. The current collector tabs and the lead terminal are coupled to each other via an electrically-conductive tab guiding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Masahiro Ohta, Toshiyuki Ariga
  • Publication number: 20220263167
    Abstract: To reduce influence of external force on a current collection tab lead and a current collection tab in a laminated cell type battery. A single film of an exterior body contacts and covers a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces of a battery perpendicular to an end surface of the battery from which a current collection tab and a current collection tab lead are provided to extend, covers the end surface of the battery from which the current collection tab and the current collection tab lead protrude, and is folded in from both short sides of the end surface such that triangular pyramid-shaped spaces are formed on both sides. A reinforcement member is arranged in and joined to each triangular pyramid-shaped space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya TANIUCHI, Masahiro OHTA, Toshiyuki ARIGA
  • Publication number: 20220246942
    Abstract: There is provided an electrode including: a current collector; an electrode material mixture; a plate-shaped metal body having a through-hole formed therethrough; a resin provided inside the through-hole; and an electrode tab, the current collector being a porous metal body, the current collector having pores filled with the electrode material mixture, the electrode tab being an extending portion extending from the plate-shaped metal body, wherein the current collector has an inner region in which the through-hole of the metal plate-shaped body is located in top view. There is also provided an electricity storage device including the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya TANIUCHI, Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Masahiro OHTA, Toshiyuki ARIGA, Toshimitsu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220231288
    Abstract: To provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode which enables suppressing durability deterioration, improving cycle durability and energy density, and suppressing the rupture of the conductive paths of a current collector comprising a porous metal body in a region which is the boundary between a coated region with an electrode mixture and an uncoated region (electrode mixture boundary region) and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TANAAMI, Toshimitsu TANAKA, Yuji ISOGAI, Shintaro AOYAGI, Takuya TANIUCHI, Toshiyuki ARIGA