Patents by Inventor Yasunori Masaoka

Yasunori Masaoka 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: 20210194058
    Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte battery has good storage characteristics in a high temperature environment. The inventive nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: an electrode body that is obtained by laminating a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator in between; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution that contains a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The inventive nonaqueous electrolyte battery is characterized in that the positive electrode includes a lithium-containing layered nickel oxide that contains 50% by mole or more of Ni relative to Li; that the negative electrode includes a laminate that contains a metal base layer which is not alloyed with Li, and an Al active layer that is bonded to one surface or both surfaces of the metal base layer; and that a Li—Al alloy is formed on at least the surface side of the Al active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Sekiya, Masayuki Yamada, Yasunori Masaoka, Yoshihisa Hirose, Atsushi Hatakeyama, Hidetoshi Morikami
  • Patent number: 10396352
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte battery and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery system that can be repeatedly charged and that have good storage characteristics in a high-temperature environment. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes an electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are laminated with a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode has a laminated body including a metal base layer that does not form an alloy with Li, and Al active layers respectively bonded to both faces of the metal base layer, or a laminated body including a metal base layer that is made of a metal selected from Ni, Ti, and Fe, or an alloy thereof, and an Al active layer bonded to the metal base layer. A Li—Al alloy is formed at least on a surface side of each Al active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hatakeyama, Yasunori Masaoka, Yoshihisa Hirose
  • Publication number: 20180191022
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte battery that exhibits favorable load characteristics at low temperatures after being stored at a high temperature, and a method for manufacturing the non-aqueous electrolyte battery. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi HATAKEYAMA, Hidetoshi MORIKAMI, Yasunori MASAOKA, Hirokazu KAMINE, Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Mitsuhiro KISHIMI
  • Publication number: 20170263926
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte battery and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery system that can be repeatedly charged and that have good storage characteristics in a high-temperature environment. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes an electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are laminated with a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode has a laminated body including a metal base layer that does not form an alloy with Li, and Al active layers respectively bonded to both faces of the metal base layer, or a laminated body including a metal base layer that is made of a metal selected from Ni, Ti, and Fe, or an alloy thereof, and an Al active layer bonded to the metal base layer. A Li—Al alloy is formed at least on a surface side of each Al active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hatakeyama, Yasunori Masaoka, Yoshihisa Hirose