Patents by Inventor Yohji KAWASAKI

Yohji KAWASAKI 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: 20250062499
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell having a cathode resin current collector, a cathode active material layer, a separator, an anode active material layer, and an anode resin current collector. The cell includes a frame sealing the cathode active material layer, the separator, and the anode active material layer. The cathode resin current collector and the anode resin current collector are respectively on first and second surfaces of the cell. An assembled battery in which a number of adjacent pairs of the cells are stacked in series such that the first surface and the second surface of the adjacent pair of the cells are adjacent to each other, or an assembled battery in which a number of cells, each of which has a cathode layer and an anode layer respectively provided on different surfaces of the resin current collector, are stacked via an electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Yohji KAWASAKI, Yusuke MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 12003000
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery including a cell formed by sequentially stacking a positive current collector, a positive active material layer, a separator, a negative active material layer, and a negative current collector, the lithium ion battery being characterized by including a frame member disposed between the positive current collector and the negative current collector to seal the positive active material layer, the separator, and the negative active material layer, the frame member having, disposed therein, an electronic component for detecting an internal condition of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Keiichiro Higashi, Yohji Kawasaki, Yusuke Mizuno, Kotaro Nasu
  • Publication number: 20230318094
    Abstract: A battery cell (1) has an electrode composition, a frame member (3) placed annularly so as to surround the electrode composition, and a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode current collector for closing openings of the frame member (3) from both sides in the thickness direction. The frame member (3) has a fragile portion (9) for communicating inside and outside of the frame member (3) when the pressure inside the frame member increases above a certain level. The battery cell (1) in question allows increase in the pressure inside the frame member (3), thereby preventing damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Yohji Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yusuke Nakashima, Kaho Suzuki, Yuya Tanaka, Yuki Nekohashi, Ryosuke Kusano
  • Publication number: 20230223550
    Abstract: A cell unit includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector which are laminated on one another, the cell unit comprising a frame member arranged between the positive electrode current collector and an opposing negative electrode current collector and fixing a peripheral edge portion of the separator, and an electronic component for detecting the state inside the cell unit, wherein the electronic component is arranged in a region between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, and the electronic component arranged in the region is electrically connected to the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: APB Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Yohji KAWASAKI, Yusuke MIZUNO, Takuya SUENAGA
  • Publication number: 20230216099
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lithium-ion battery with the configuration where optical signals are output from the light-emitting parts of each unit cell that constitutes the assembled battery, wherein the complexity of wiring can be reduced, and the allowable amount of misalignment can be increased. In a lithium-ion battery (1) in which an assembled battery (50) configured by a plurality of laminated unit cells (30) is accommodated in an outer package (70), each of the unit cell is provided with a light-emitting part (20) that emits light based on the characteristics of the unit cell concerned to output an optical signal, and an optical waveguide (light guide plate) (60) is arranged adjacent or close to a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting part to be a common transmission path of the optical signal from the light-emitting part of the plurality of unit cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: APB Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Yohji KAWASAKI, Yusuke MIZUNO, Kotaro NASU
  • Publication number: 20230075556
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery system which can appropriately determine the presence or absence of an abnormality of a unit cell. It is provided with an assembled battery formed by stacking a plurality of battery units, each of the plurality of battery units including a unit cell consisting of a lithium-ion battery and a signal output part provided in the unit cell; a signal receiving part for receiving an optical signal output by the signal output part in each of the plurality of battery units; an analysis processing part for analyzing the optical signal received by the signal receiving part; and a state determination part for determining that the assembled battery is abnormal in accordance with the analysis result of the analysis processing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Yohji Kawasaki, Yusuke Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220336842
    Abstract: There is provided a constitution in which a state of an assembled battery can be managed while eliminating the need for connecting an electrical wire. There is provided a lithium ion battery module having a control unit that is configured to receive a characteristic signal representing a characteristic of a corresponding unit cell and to output a control signal obtained by encoding an identifier of the unit cell and the characteristic signal, the control unit being provided in each of the unit cells; a light emitting unit that outputs an optical signal responding to the control signal; and an optical waveguide that provides a common optical path for optical signals that are output from a plurality of the light emitting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Yohji Kawasaki, Yusuke Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11355794
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery module capable of optically transmitting measurement data on characteristics of cells forming a battery pack and further reducing a complicated procedure of wiring. The secondary battery module of the present disclosure includes: a battery pack in which a plurality of cell units are connected, each of the cell units including a cell and a light-emitting unit, the cell including a stacked unit and an electrolyte, the light-emitting unit being configured to measure characteristics of the cell and generate an optical signal according to the characteristics; and an optical waveguide into which an optical signal is introduced from the light-emitting unit of each of the cell units, wherein the number of optical waveguides is less than the number of optical signals, and the optical waveguide provides a common optical path through which optical signals are propagated from the light-emitting units provided in the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohji Kawasaki, Yusuke Mizuno, Hideaki Horie
  • Patent number: 11309537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a lithium-ion battery member including an electrode composition layer that includes electrode active material particles and an electrolyte solution on a current collector or a separator, the method including: forming the electrode composition layer on a surface of a support different from either the current collector or the separator; and relocating the electrode composition layer from the surface of the support to the current collector or the separator, wherein a weight percent of the electrolyte solution in the electrode composition layer is 10 wt % or less based on the weight of the electrode composition layer, in the forming the electrode composition layer on a surface of a support and in the relocating the electrode composition layer from the surface of the support to the current collector or the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohji Kawasaki, Yuichiro Yokoyama, Hideaki Horie
  • Publication number: 20220021089
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery including a cell formed by sequentially stacking a positive current collector, a positive active material layer, a separator, a negative active material layer, and a negative current collector, the lithium ion battery being characterized by including a frame member disposed between the positive current collector and the negative current collector to seal the positive active material layer, the separator, and the negative active material layer, the frame member having, disposed therein, an electronic component for detecting an internal condition of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hideaki Horie, Keiichiro Higashi, Yohji Kawasaki, Yusuke Mizuno, Kotaro Nasu
  • Publication number: 20210359349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery module capable of optically transmitting measurement data on characteristics of cells forming a battery pack and further reducing a complicated procedure of wiring. The secondary battery module of the present disclosure includes: a battery pack in which a plurality of cell units are connected, each of the cell units including a cell and a light-emitting unit, the cell including a stacked unit and an electrolyte, the light-emitting unit being configured to measure characteristics of the cell and generate an optical signal according to the characteristics; and an optical waveguide into which an optical signal is introduced from the light-emitting unit of each of the cell units, wherein the number of optical waveguides is less than the number of optical signals, and the optical waveguide provides a common optical path through which optical signals are propagated from the light-emitting units provided in the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yohji Kawasaki, Yusuke Mizuno, Hideaki Horie
  • Publication number: 20210313560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a lithium-ion battery member including an electrode composition layer that includes electrode active material particles and an electrolyte solution on a current collector or a separator, the method including: forming the electrode composition layer on a surface of a support different from either the current collector or the separator; and relocating the electrode composition layer from the surface of the support to the current collector or the separator, wherein a weight percent of the electrolyte solution in the electrode composition layer is 10 wt % or less based on the weight of the electrode composition layer, in the forming the electrode composition layer on a surface of a support and in the relocating the electrode composition layer from the surface of the support to the current collector or the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohji KAWASAKI, Yuichiro YOKOYAMA, Hideaki HORIE