Patents by Inventor Yasunori Okumura

Yasunori Okumura 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: 20240079643
    Abstract: A method for producing a compact of an electrolyte containing a sulfonyl imide compound represented by the general formula (1) includes compressing of performing compression-granulating of the electrolyte in a powder form to obtain a sheet-shaped or strip-shaped electrolyte, and pulverizing the sheet-shaped or strip-shaped electrolyte to obtain a granular electrolyte compact, or tableting the electrolyte in a powder form to obtain a tablet-shaped electrolyte compact. LiN(R1SO2)(R2SO2) (wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different from each other and each represent a fluorine atom, an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a fluoroalkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms) (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro MORITA, Yasunori OKUMURA, Katsuhiko SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11637320
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution comprising N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide or di(fluorosulfonyl)imide, from which a residual solvent that affects the properties of the electrolyte solution material is reduced, is provided. A method for producing an electrolyte solution material containing fluorosulfonyl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) and an electrolyte solution preparation solvent comprises decompressing and/or heating a solution containing the fluorosulfonyl imide salt and the electrolyte solution preparation solvent to volatilize a production solvent for the fluorosulfonyl imide salt. In general formula (1), R1 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkali metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Okumura, Shimpei Sato, Masayuki Okajima, Takayuki Kobatake, Hiromoto Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 11539078
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution comprising N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide or di(fluorosulfonyl)imide, from which a residual solvent that affects the properties of the electrolyte solution material is reduced, is provided. A method for producing an electrolyte solution material containing fluorosulfonyl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) and an electrolyte solution preparation solvent comprises decompressing and/or heating a solution containing the fluorosulfonyl imide salt and the electrolyte solution preparation solvent to volatilize a production solvent for the fluorosulfonyl imide salt. In general formula (1), R1 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkali metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Okumura, Shimpei Sato, Masayuki Okajima, Takayuki Kobatake, Hiromoto Katsuyama
  • Publication number: 20220153584
    Abstract: An aqueous solution containing an alkali metal bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, in which a total content of the alkali metal bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and water is 98 mass % or more with respect to a total amount of the aqueous solution, and a pH is ?3 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Shingubara, Yasunori Okumura, Masayuki Okajima, Naohiko Itayama, Yusuke Oyama
  • Patent number: 11097949
    Abstract: In the present invention, a bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide metal salt is an alkali metal salt of bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide or an alkaline earth metal salt of bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide. The bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide metal salt has an average particle diameter of not less than 0.1 mm, or has an average moisture absorption rate of not more than 2.5 mass ppm/cm2·min when sealed in a PE bag having a thickness of 80 ?m and left for 30 minutes at 23° C. and 65% humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: MORITA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Hirotsugu Shimizu, Hiromoto Katsuyama, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yasunori Okumura, Naohiko Itayama, Yukihiro Fukata, Yuichi Sato, Yasuhiro Higuchi, Takahiro Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20210036371
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution comprising N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide or di(fluorosulfonyl)imide, from which a residual solvent that affects the properties of the electrolyte solution material is reduced, is provided. A method for producing an electrolyte solution material containing fluorosulfonyl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) and an electrolyte solution preparation solvent comprises decompressing and/or heating a solution containing the fluorosulfonyl imide salt and the electrolyte solution preparation solvent to volatilize a production solvent for the fluorosulfonyl imide salt. In general formula (1), R1 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkali metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori OKUMURA, Shimpei SATO, Masayuki OKAJIMA, Takayuki KOBATAKE, Hiromoto KATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10829377
    Abstract: Provided is a method the enables easy production of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide suitable for a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium ion secondary battery, etc. The method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal salt according to the present invention comprises reacting bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide with an alkali metal compound in a reaction solution containing an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent includes at least one organic solvent (A) selected from the group consisting of carbonate solvents, cyclic ether solvents, linear ether solvents having two or more oxygen atoms in the molecule, cyclic ester solvents, sulfolane solvents, N,N-dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and N-methyl oxazolidinone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Okumura, Hiromoto Katsuyama, Naohiko Itayama, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yukihiro Fukata
  • Publication number: 20190292054
    Abstract: Provided is a method the enables easy production of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide suitable for a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium ion secondary battery, etc. The method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal salt according to the present invention comprises reacting bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide with an alkali metal compound in a reaction solution containing an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent includes at least one organic solvent (A) selected from the group consisting of carbonate solvents, cyclic ether solvents, linear ether solvents having two or more oxygen atoms in the molecule, cyclic ester solvents, sulfolane solvents, N,N-dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and N-methyl oxazolidinone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yasunori OKUMURA, Hiromoto KATSUYAMA, Naohiko ITAYAMA, Hiroyuki MIZUNO, Yukihiro FUKATA
  • Publication number: 20190276311
    Abstract: Provided is a method with which it is possible to conveniently produce bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide suitable as a nonaqueous electrolyte of a lithium ion secondary cell. The method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal salt of the invention is a production method for producing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal salt by reacting bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and an alkali metal halide in a reaction solution including an organic solvent, the method including a purification step for filtering out the bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal from the solution after the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Naohiko ITAYAMA, Yasunori OKUMURA, Hiromoto KATSUYAMA, Hiroyuki MIZUNO, Yukihiro FUKATA
  • Publication number: 20190152792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide alkali metal salt by a reaction of a mixture containing bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide and an alkali metal compound is provided. According to this method for producing a bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide alkali metal salt, a total of weight ratios of the bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide, the alkali metal compound and the bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide alkali metal salt to an entire reacted mixture is not less than 0.8, after the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: MORITA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Hirotsugu Shimizu, Yasunori Okumura, Masayuki Okajima, Takeo Kawase, Hiromoto Katsuyama, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yukihiro Fukata, Naohiko Itayama
  • Publication number: 20190135632
    Abstract: In the present invention, a bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide metal salt is an alkali metal salt of bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide or an alkaline earth metal salt of bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide. The bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide metal salt has an average particle diameter of not less than 0.1 mm, or has an average moisture absorption rate of not more than 2.5 mass ppm/cm2·min when sealed in a PE bag having a thickness of 80 ?m and left for 30 minutes at 23° C. and 65% humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicants: MORITA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Hirotsugu Shimizu, Hiromoto Katsuyama, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yasunori Okumura, Naohiko Itayama, Yukihiro Fukata, Yuichi Sato, Yasuhiro Higuchi, Takahiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9985317
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fuluorosulufonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Shimpei Sato, Yasunori Okumura
  • Patent number: 9947967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fluorisulfonylimide salt, which enables reducing the impurity content and continuous operation for a long time, and a fluorosulfonyl imide salt. The fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention has a K content of 10,000 ppm or less. The method for producing a fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention is that after a fluorination reaction of chlorosulfonyl imde or a salt thereof, the reaction solution is brought into contact with an aqueous alkaline solution so as to remove impurities. The fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention, in which various impirities are reduced to extremely low levels, is useful as an electrolyte used in a lithium secondary battery, a capacitor or the like, an ionic liquid, or an intermediate for a sulfonyl imide salt, and the like. It is expected that use of the fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention as an electrolyte leads to a high-performance electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimpei Sato, Yasunori Okumura, Yuichi Sato, Yasuyuki Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20170214092
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution comprising N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide or di(fluorosulfonyl)imide, from which a residual solvent that affects the properties of the electrolyte solution material is reduced, is provided. A method for producing an electrolyte solution material containing fluorosulfonyl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) and an electrolyte solution preparation solvent comprises decompressing and/or heating a solution containing the fluorosulfonyl imide salt and the electrolyte solution preparation solvent to volatilize a production solvent for the fluorosulfonyl imide salt. In general formula (1), R1 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkali metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori OKUMURA, Shimpei SATO, Masayuki OKAJIMA, Takayuki KOBATAKE, Hiromoto KATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170133715
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fuluorosulufonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fulorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi SATO, Shimpei SATO, Yasunori OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 9586833
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Shimpei Sato, Yasunori Okumura
  • Patent number: 9079780
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Shimpei Sato, Yasunori Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150086466
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi SATO, Shimpei SATO, Yasunori OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 8926930
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Shimpei Sato, Yasunori Okumura
  • Publication number: 20130068991
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide having favorable heat resistance and a reduced content of specific impurities and a water content, and provides a method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, which is capable of easily removing a solvent from a reaction solution. An alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I) and has a mass loss rate of 2% or less when the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide is kept at 100° C. for 8 hours under an air current. A method for producing an alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide of the present invention comprises a step of concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by bubbling a gas into a reaction solution containing the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide, and/or concentrating a solution of the alkali metal salt of fluorosulfonyl imide by thin layer distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Shimpei Sato, Yasunori Okumura