Patents by Inventor Yoko Sano
Yoko Sano 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).
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Patent number: 10147914Abstract: A thin battery includes a sheet-like electrode assembly; a non-aqueous electrolyte with which the electrode assembly is impregnated; and a housing in a sealed manner. The electrode assembly includes a pair of first electrodes located at an outermost side of the electrode assembly, a second electrode interposed between the pair of first electrodes, and a separator disposed between each first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet and a first active material layer attached to one surface of the first current collector sheet. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet and second active material layers attached to both surfaces of the second current collector sheet. A content x of the non-aqueous electrolyte per unit area of the first active material layer is larger than a content y of the non-aqueous electrolyte per unit area of the second active material layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Ueda, Yuya Asano, Yoko Sano
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Publication number: 20180131042Abstract: In a battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer interposed therebetween, and an exterior body, configured to hermetically house the electrode assembly, a film exterior body for a battery is used. The film exterior body for a battery includes a gas barrier layer, and a seal layer that is stacked on one surface of the gas barrier layer and includes a first resin. The gas barrier layer includes a first metal layer having a Young's modulus of 65×109 N/m2 or less, and a thickness T1 of the first metal layer is more than 5 ?m and 200 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Tomohiro UEDA, Yuya ASANO, Yoko SANO
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Publication number: 20180062146Abstract: A thin cell including a sheet-like first electrode, a sheet-like second electrode, a separator disposed between the first and second electrode, a first lead connected to the first electrode and extending to the outside of a housing, and a second lead connected to the second electrode and extending to the outside of the housing. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively include a rectangular current collector sheet and an active material layer attached to a surface thereof. Furthermore, at least one of the current collector sheets has a tab extending from a part of one side thereof in a plane direction of the current collector sheet and being connected to a lead, the tab forming a flat spring structure that expands and contracts in the plane direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: YUYA ASANO, TOMOHIRO UEDA, YOKO SANO
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Publication number: 20170222280Abstract: A laminated battery includes a stacked electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a dummy electrode, a first separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and a second separator interposed between the positive and/or negative electrode and the dummy electrode; and an electrolyte. At least one positive electrode and/or at least one negative electrode includes a single-sided electrode including a current collector and an electrode active material layer formed on a first surface of the current collector. A second surface of the current collector is exposed. The dummy electrode is a metal foil facing the second surface of the current collector of the single-sided electrode and having a polarity opposite to that of the single-sided electrode. Adhesive strengths F1 and F2 on both sides of the first separator and adhesive strengths F3 and F4 on both sides of the second separator satisfy F1+F2>F3+F4.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: YUYA ASANO, TOMOHIRO UEDA, YOKO SANO
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Publication number: 20170214026Abstract: A flexible battery including a sheet-like electrode group including first electrode, second electrode, and an electrolyte layer; electrode lead terminals; and a housing. First ends of the electrode lead terminals are connected to the electrodes on a side S1t side of the electrode group. Each electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer. First active material layer (A1) on one main surface of first electrode has a non-facing portion (Pt) with respect to second active material layer (A2) on one main surface of second electrode on the S1t side, and a non-facing portion (Pn) with respect to second active material layer (A2) on one main surface of second electrode on the opposite side to the S1t. The shortest length LAt of the non-facing portion (Pt) and the shortest length LAn of non-facing portion (Pn) satisfy LAt<LAn in the horizontal state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: TOMOHIRO UEDA, YUYA ASANO, YOKO SANO
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Patent number: 9666903Abstract: There is provided a cylindrical pin-type lithium-ion secondary battery having excellent high temperature storage characteristics and charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The battery includes: a bottom-closed cylindrical battery case having an opening portion; a wound-type electrode assembly and a non-aqueous electrolyte housed in the battery case; and a sealing plate sealing the opening portion. The battery has: an outer diameter R of 3 to 6.5 mm; a height H of 15 to 65 mm; an amount of the non-aqueous electrolyte per discharge capacity of 1 mAh of 1.7 to 2.8 ?L; and a packing ratio of 71 to 85%.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoko Sano, Keisuke Yoneda
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Publication number: 20170141359Abstract: A thin battery includes a sheet-like electrode assembly; a non-aqueous electrolyte with which the electrode assembly is impregnated; and a housing in a sealed manner. The electrode assembly includes a pair of first electrodes located at an outermost side of the electrode assembly, a second electrode interposed between the pair of first electrodes, and a separator disposed between each first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet and a first active material layer attached to one surface of the first current collector sheet. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet and second active material layers attached to both surfaces of the second current collector sheet. A content x of the non-aqueous electrolyte per unit area of the first active material layer is larger than a content y of the non-aqueous electrolyte per unit area of the second active material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: TOMOHIRO UEDA, YUYA ASANO, YOKO SANO
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Publication number: 20160344039Abstract: A lithium primary battery including a negative electrode including metal lithium and/or a lithium alloy, a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes Fe2(SO4)3. The negative electrode has a coating layer on a facing surface facing the positive electrode, and the coating layer includes a powder or fibrous material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: YOKO SANO, TOMOHIRO UEDA
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Publication number: 20160344060Abstract: A thin battery including a sheet-like electrode assembly; a non-aqueous electrolyte with which the electrode assembly is impregnated; and a housing in a sealed manner. The electrode assembly includes a pair of first electrodes disposed at outermost sides of the electrode assembly, at least one second electrode disposed between the pair of first electrodes, and a first separator disposed therebetween. The first and second electrodes respectively include first and second current collector sheets and first and second active material layers attached to one surface of the first and second current collector sheets. The first separator is bonded to the first active and second active material layers. Sliding resistance R11 between the first separator and each first active material layer and sliding resistance R12 between the first separator and each second active material layers satisfy: 0.5 N/cm2?R11<R12?2.3 N/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., LtInventors: YUYA ASANO, TOMOHIRO UEDA, YOKO SANO
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Patent number: 9347785Abstract: A navigation device includes: an intersection attribute determination unit 731 that determines a direction of a left/right turn at a guidance target intersection on a guidance route on the basis of route information on the guidance route; a display position decision unit 732 that decides a display position for a name of the guidance target intersection on a side opposite to the direction of the right/left turn determined by the intersection attribute determination unit 731 when viewed from an entrance link to the guidance target intersection; a drawing data generation unit 733 that generates drawing data on the name of the guidance target intersection; and an image data output unit 9 that causes a display device 10 to display the drawing data generated by the drawing data generation unit 733 at the display position decided by the display position decision unit 732.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoko Sano
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Publication number: 20150357679Abstract: There is provided a cylindrical pin-type lithium-ion secondary battery having excellent high temperature storage characteristics and charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The battery includes: a bottom-closed cylindrical battery case having an opening portion; a wound-type electrode assembly and a non-aqueous electrolyte housed in the battery case; and a sealing plate sealing the opening portion. The battery has: an outer diameter R of 3 to 6.5 mm; a height H of 15 to 65 mm; an amount of the non-aqueous electrolyte per discharge capacity of 1 mAh of 1.7 to 2.8 ?L; and a packing ratio of 71 to 85%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Yoko SANO, Keisuke YONEDA
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Patent number: 9057623Abstract: A navigation device includes a road periphery display change unit 3 that selects a road R which connects to, intersects with, or is adjacent to a guidance route/a travel plan route 21 from a map database 5, and displays the road in a high contrast on the inside of a predetermined distance from the guidance route/the travel plan route 21, displays the road in a low contrast on the outside of the predetermined distance, and displays the road by changing continuously or stepwise a gradation in an intermediate region between the inside and the outside.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yoko Sano, Hiroshi Shigehara, Makoto Otsuru, Kotoyu Sasayama
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Patent number: 9017865Abstract: The lithium primary battery comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including lithium or a lithium alloy; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. A surface of the negative electrode on a side of the carbon material layer has first ruggedness and adheres to a surface of the carbon material layer on a side of the negative electrode. A surface of the carbon material layer on a side of the separator has second ruggedness. The first ruggedness and the second ruggedness correspond to each other. The first ruggedness and the second ruggedness may be ruggedness formed by pressing the carbon material layer onto the surface of the negative electrode, thereby deforming the carbon material layer and the surface of the negative electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoko Sano
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Patent number: 8958982Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including: a target candidate extracting unit for extracting target candidates located along a guidance route from a map database on a basis of a vehicle position, the guidance route, and intersection information about a target intersection for guidance; a target determining unit for determining a target on a basis of knowledge about target determination from among the target candidates extracted by the target candidate extracting unit; a guidance sentence generating unit for generating a guidance sentence by using the target determined by the target determining unit; and a sound output unit for outputting voice guidance on a basis of the guidance sentence generated by the guidance sentence generating unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Takeyuki Hori, Sachiko Harada, Yoko Sano
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Patent number: 8924157Abstract: A navigation device includes a map creation unit, a display unit, and a display controller. The display unit displays, on a map created by the map creation unit, roadside target facility symbols representing facilities as navigation targets that are located along the navigation route, on-map facility symbols representing facilities that differ from the facilities as the navigation targets on the created map, and facility display switching buttons for receiving operation of switching display/non-display of the on-map facility symbols by facility category. The display controller switches the display/non-display of the on-map facility symbols in accordance with the operation received through the facility display button, and, when the received operation indicates the display of the on-map facility symbols, control the display unit to display the on-map facility symbols in a different display mode from a display mode of the roadside target facility symbols.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Publication number: 20140172299Abstract: A navigation device includes: an intersection attribute determination unit 731 that determines a direction of a left/right turn at a guidance target intersection on a guidance route on the basis of route information on the guidance route; a display position decision unit 732 that decides a display position for a name of the guidance target intersection on a side opposite to the direction of the right/left turn determined by the intersection attribute determination unit 731 when viewed from an entrance link to the guidance target intersection; a drawing data generation unit 733 that generates drawing data on the name of the guidance target intersection; and an image data output unit 9 that causes a display device 10 to display the drawing data generated by the drawing data generation unit 733 at the display position decided by the display position decision unit 732.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoko Sano
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Publication number: 20130317745Abstract: The GUI controller (13) displays nearby facility display switching buttons on a map. When a nearby facility display switching button is pressed (touched), the map element display controller (14) displays the nearby facility symbols of the facility category corresponding to the pressed (touched) button, in a display mode that is different from a display mode for roadside facility symbols, which are object of interest located along the navigation route.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
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Patent number: 8577603Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including a guidance route calculation unit 3 for calculating a guidance route by using point information about a destination, point information about a current position, and map information, a guidance map generating unit 5 for generating a guidance route map by using the calculated guidance route and the map information, a guidance route surrounding facility icon arrangement unit 6 for extracting a facility icon required for the calculated guidance route according to a facility icon extraction rule, and for determining an offset arrangement position of this facility icon, and a display unit 11 for attaching the facility icon at the above-mentioned determined offset arrangement position on the above-mentioned guidance route map to display the facility icon.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Hirai, Yoko Sano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Makoto Otsuru, Kotoyu Sasayama
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Patent number: 8563176Abstract: The invention provides a lithium primary battery including a negative electrode 12 comprising metal lithium or a lithium alloy, a positive electrode 11 including a positive electrode active material, a separator 13 interposed between the negative electrode 12 and the positive electrode 11, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode 12 includes a coating layer 17 on a surface thereof facing the positive electrode 11, the coating layer containing carbon particles each having fluorine-containing fine particles on the surface thereof, for the purpose of improving both the discharge performance and the high temperature storage characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Yoko Sano
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Publication number: 20130266853Abstract: The lithium primary battery comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including lithium or a lithium alloy; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. A surface of the negative electrode on a side of the carbon material layer has first ruggedness and adheres to a surface of the carbon material layer on a side of the negative electrode. A surface of the carbon material layer on a side of the separator has second ruggedness. The first ruggedness and the second ruggedness correspond to each other. The first ruggedness and the second ruggedness may be ruggedness formed by pressing the carbon material layer onto the surface of the negative electrode, thereby deforming the carbon material layer and the surface of the negative electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Yoko Sano