Patents by Inventor Wataru Shimizu

Wataru Shimizu 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: 20200343579
    Abstract: What is provided is a solid state battery which can be manufactured with a high yield, has little variation in initial performance, and has a long lifespan and a method of manufacturing the same. A solid state battery includes a flat laminated structure which is obtained by winding an electrode laminated sheet extending from a first end to a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Wataru Shimizu, Masahiro Ohta
  • Publication number: 20200343560
    Abstract: A secondary battery electrode 100 of the present invention includes: a plurality of metallic porous plates 101 superposed in a thickness direction T; and an electrode mixture 102 with which voids constituting the metallic porous plates 101 are filled, in which adjacent metallic porous plates 101 are press-jointed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohta, Wataru Shimizu, Toru Sukigara
  • Publication number: 20200343592
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid-state battery includes: an electrode material filling step of filling a plurality of holes of a porous conductive base material with an active material contained in an electrode slurry so as to form a first electrode body, by dipping the porous conductive base material having the plurality of holes into the electrode slurry; a solid electrolyte material coating step of coating a surface with a solid electrolyte material contained in a solid-electrolyte slurry by dipping at least one of the first electrode body or a second electrode body having a polarity different from that of the first electrode body into the solid-electrolyte slurry; and a solid-state battery laminating step of obtaining a solid-state battery by laminating and pressing the first electrode body and the second electrode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Soshi KAWAMURA, Wataru SHIMIZU, Ushio HARADA
  • Publication number: 20200328428
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery positive electrode 20 includes a positive electrode current collector 21 and a positive electrode active material layer 22 laminated on the positive electrode current collector 21. The positive electrode active material layer 22 includes an inclined portion 50 (a first inclined portion 50A) provided on an outer circumference thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohta, Wataru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200328449
    Abstract: The battery electrode group 1 is formed of a laminate 2 which includes a positive electrode layer 10 having a positive electrode active material layer 12 formed on an elongated positive electrode current collector 11 and a negative electrode layer 20 having a negative electrode active material layer 22 formed on an elongated negative electrode current collector 21, and in which the positive electrode layer 10 and the negative electrode layer 20 are wound in a flat shape. A longitudinal end portion 10a of the positive electrode layer constitutes a winding core of the laminate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohta, Wataru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200328476
    Abstract: A secondary battery 100 of the present invention includes a laminate 104 formed by alternately laminating a positive electrode 102 and a negative electrode 103 with an electrolyte 101 disposed therebetween; a first rod-shaped member 106 and a second rod-shaped member 107 which each extends in one direction D; and a first plate-shaped member 108 and a second plate-shaped member 109 which fix a positional relationship between the first rod-shaped member 106 and the second rod-shaped member 107, in which the laminate 104 is wound around the first rod-shaped member 106, the second rod-shaped member 107, and a space interposed therebetween, and the laminate 104 is compressed toward a space 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Ohta, Wataru Shimizu, Toru Sukigara
  • Publication number: 20200328452
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte layer 40 is formed of a solid electrolyte sheet which has a central part 41 including a solid electrolyte, and an outer circumferential part 42 positioned on an outer circumference of the central part 41 and containing a non-ion conductive insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Wataru Shimizu, Masahiro Ohta
  • Publication number: 20200251783
    Abstract: The secondary battery includes: a negative electrode layer sheet formed by laminating a negative electrode active material layer on each negative electrode current collector of a negative electrode current collector sheet in which the negative electrode current collectors adjacent to each other are partially connected at a bent connection portion; a positive electrode layer sheet formed by laminating a positive electrode active material layer on each positive electrode current collector of a positive electrode current collector sheet in which the positive electrode current collectors adjacent to each other are partially connected at a bent connection portion; and a solid electrolyte body disposed so as to clamp the negative electrode layer sheet from both sides. A solid battery laminate is formed by bending the negative electrode layer sheet, the positive electrode layer sheet, and the solid electrolyte body at the bent connection portions to form into a substantially zigzag shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SHIMIZU, Masahiro OHTA, Toru SUKIGARA
  • Publication number: 20200251316
    Abstract: An apparatus of processing a target substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a processing chamber having a substantially cylindrical inner space, a mounting table disposed in the processing chamber and configured to mount thereon the target substrate, at least one supply line configured to supply a gas in a direction along an inner wall surface of a sidewall of the processing chamber to generate a swirl flow of the gas in the processing chamber, and a ventilator configured to exhaust the gas from the processing chamber. Further, in a direction intersecting an axis of the substantially cylindrical inner space, a flow velocity of the gas in a first region close to the inner wall surface is higher than a flow velocity of the gas in a second region where the mounting table is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Wataru SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200212450
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrode for solid state battery and a solid state battery, wherein the electrode using a foamed metal as a collector has excellent mechanical strength and can maintain the insulation from a counter electrode when constituting the solid state battery. In the electrode for solid state battery, which uses a collector composed of a foamed porous body that has a mesh structure, a layer that achieves reinforcement and insulation is provided in the boundary between a filled part filled with an electrode mixture and an unfilled part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SHIMIZU, Ushio HARADA, Hiroto MAEYAMA, Atsushi OGAWA, Soshi KAWAMURA, Masahiro OHTA
  • Publication number: 20200203776
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wound battery and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the wound battery is a wound type easy to produce, and even when a sufficient lamination press pressure and confining pressure are applied, occurrence of cracking, chipping and the like is suppressed and yield is improved, and buckling, short circuits or falling-off of the composite material or the like is suppressed and safety is improved. It is a structure which maintains a flat portion functioning as a battery by pressing and restraining to be in a state as it is, and which does not dispose a composite material in curved portions not functioning as a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SHIMIZU, Masahiro OHTA, Toru SUKIGARA
  • Publication number: 20200194839
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a laminated battery that can realize a laminated structure in which electrode composite material portions are not displaced, can simplify the manufacturing process, and has improved production yield, and provides a manufacturing method thereof. A positive electrode structure and a negative electrode structure in comb shapes are respectively produced with electrode composite material layers positioned in advance, and these are fitted to produce a laminate serving as a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SHIMIZU, Masahiro OHTA, Toru SUKIGARA
  • Publication number: 20200176823
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery and a comb-type electrode. A negative electrode layer sheet formed by stacking a negative electrode active material layer on two surfaces of a negative electrode current collector and a positive electrode layer sheet formed by stacking a positive electrode active material layer on two surfaces of a positive electrode current collector are alternately stacked, and an electrolyte body is interposed between the negative electrode layer sheet and the positive electrode layer sheet adjacent in a stacking direction. Each of the negative electrode current collector and the positive electrode current collector includes a bent connecting part sandwiching a notch part and formed by bending two sides in directions opposite to each other. The bent connecting parts of the negative electrode current collectors adjacent in the stacking direction and the bent connecting parts of the positive electrode current collectors adjacent in the stacking direction are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SHIMIZU, Masahiro OHTA, Toru SUKIGARA
  • Publication number: 20200152992
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrode for solid state battery, a solid state battery, and a manufacturing method of the electrode for solid state battery. The electrode for solid state battery uses a foamed porous body as the collector. When the electrode constitutes the solid state battery, the obtained battery has low resistance, high battery capacity per unit area, and high output. A collector composed of a foamed porous body is filled with an electrode mixture by differential pressure filling to obtain an electrode, in which the content rate of an organic polymer compound is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SHIMIZU, Ushio HARADA, Hiroto MAEYAMA, Atsushi OGAWA, Soshi KAWAMURA, Masahiro OHTA
  • Publication number: 20200112063
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of solid-state battery capable of more effectively preventing a short circuit between electrode layers is provided. The manufacturing method of a solid-state battery 1 includes: a laminate pressing process for pressing a laminate 10a in which a positive electrode layer 11a, a negative electrode layer 13a, and a solid electrolyte layer 12a between the positive electrode layer 11a and the negative electrode layer 13a are laminated; and a shearing process for punching the laminate 10a into a prescribed shape by shearing to form a plurality of single battery components 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Ushio HARADA, Hiroto MAEYAMA, Wataru SHIMIZU, Atsushi OGAWA, Masahiro OHTA, Soshi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180123054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for organic electroluminescent element, which comprises: a solvent; and a compound group ? for organic electroluminescent element that is constituted of at least two kinds of compounds which each have a molecular weight of 3,000 or less and have a structure comprising a plurality of aromatic ring groups linked to each other, wherein the compound group ? comprises: a compound ?1; and another compound an satisfying a specific condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki GOROHMARU, Tomomi OKAMOTO, Wataru SHIMIZU, Kazuhiro NAGAYAMA, Takashi OYA, Koichi ISHIBASHI, Ichiro IMADA
  • Patent number: 9899606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for organic electroluminescent element, which comprises: a solvent; and a compound group ? for organic electroluminescent element that is constituted of at least two kinds of compounds which each have a molecular weight of 3,000 or less and have a structure comprising a plurality of aromatic ring groups linked to each other, wherein the compound group ? comprises: a compound ?1; and another compound ?n satisfying a specific condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Gorohmaru, Tomomi Okamoto, Wataru Shimizu, Kazuhiro Nagayama, Takashi Oya, Koichi Ishibashi, Ichiro Imada
  • Patent number: 9689080
    Abstract: Provided is a layered alkali iridate and a layered iridic acid to be used for producing iridium oxide nanosheets, and an iridium oxide nanosheet. A layered alkali iridate with composition of MxIrOy.nH2O (where M is a monovalent metal, x is 0.1 to 0.5, y is 1.5 to 2.5, and n is 0.5 to 1.5), wherein MxIrOy.nH2O has a layered structure. The M is potassium, and the layered alkali iridate has diffraction peaks at 2? diffraction angles of 13.0° and 26.0°. A layered iridic acid with a composition of HxIrOy.nH2O (where x is 0.1 to 0.5, y is 1.5 to 2.5, and n is 0 to 1), wherein HxIrOy.nH2O has a layered structure. This layered iridic acid has diffraction peaks at 2? diffraction angles of 12.3° and 24.6°. A single crystalline iridium oxide nanosheet having a thickness of 3 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wataru Sugimoto, Wataru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9564602
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic compound incorporating a specific structure into a pyridine skeleton or a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton and adapting the molecular weight to a specific range, a composition comprising the organic compound and a solvent, organic electroluminescent element comprising a layer that is formed by using the composition, and the uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Ishibashi, Hideki Gorohmaru, Wataru Shimizu, Tomomi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160376715
    Abstract: Provided is a layered alkali iridate and a layered iridic acid to be used for producing iridium oxide nanosheets, and an iridium oxide nanosheet. A layered alkali iridate with composition of MxIrOy.nH2O (where M is a monovalent metal, x is 0.1 to 0.5, y is 1.5 to 2.5, and n is 0.5 to 1.5), wherein MxIrOy.nH2O has a layered structure. The M is potassium, and the layered alkali iridate has diffraction peaks at 29 diffraction angles of 13.0° and 26.0°. A layered iridic acid with a composition of HxIrOy.nH2O (where x is 0.1 to 0.5, y is 1.5 to 2.5, and n is 0 to 1), wherein HxIrOy.nH2O has a layered structure. This layered iridic acid has diffraction peaks at 2? diffraction angles of 12.3° and 24.6°. A single crystalline iridium oxide nanosheet having a thickness of 3 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wataru SUGIMOTO, Wataru SHIMIZU