Patents by Inventor Yozo Uchida
Yozo Uchida 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: 9673455Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery has an electrode sheet having a current collecting foil formed thereon with a mixture layer containing powdered mixture particles. On the current collecting foil, there are provided a binder coated section on which a binder layer is formed having patterned markings; and a binder non-coated section on which a binder layer is not formed. The mixture particles contain at least an electrode active material and a binder. The mixture layer is formed on the binder coated section and the binder non-coated section.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yozo Uchida
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Patent number: 9673453Abstract: The method for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder coating step (18), a mixture supplying step (20), a magnetic field applying step (22), and a convection generating step (24). The binder coating step (18) is a step of coating a slurry-form binder (18a) on a metal foil (12a) (collector). The mixture supplying step (20) is a step of supplying a negative electrode mixture containing graphite so as to be superposed on the slurry-form binder (18a) coated on the metal foil (12a) in the binder coating step (18). The magnetic field applying step (22) is a step of applying a magnetic field having magnetic lines of force pointing in the direction orthogonal to the metal foil (12a), to the negative electrode mixture (20a) coated on the metal foil (12a) in the mixture supplying step (20).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yozo Uchida, Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Tomohide Sumi, Tomohiko Ishida
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Patent number: 9583755Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery having electrodes in which a mix layer including a first binder and one of a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material is formed via a second binder on a collector. The method includes: performing pattern coating of the second binder on the surface of the collector and regularly forming binder-coated sections and uncoated sections; and feeding a powder of mix particles on the binder-coated sections and the uncoated sections so as to form the mix layer on the collector.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Zeon CorporationInventors: Yozo Uchida, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Sekine, Taku Matsumura, Kunihito Arai
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Publication number: 20160226060Abstract: A method of manufacturing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery proposed herein includes a first binder supplying step (101), an active material supplying step (102), a second binder supplying step (103), and a pressing step (105). The first binder supplying step (101) is a step of applying a binder solution (122) to a current collector foil (121). The active material supplying step (102) is a step of supplying active material particles (123) onto the current collector foil (121) coated with the binder solution (122). The second binder supplying step (103) is a step of supplying the binder solution (122) onto the active material particles (123). The pressing step (105) is a step of pressing a layer of the active material particles (123) on the current collector foil (121).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yozo UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20160149217Abstract: An electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a current collector foil, and an electrode mixture layer provided on the current collector foil. The electrode mixture layer includes powder particles. The powder particles contain any one of metals or a metallic compound of zirconium, hafnium, zirconium carbide, hafnium carbide, and tungsten carbide as a conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yozo UCHIDA
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Patent number: 9159987Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a battery electrode. This method comprises the steps of applying a binder solution 50 that contains a binder 54 and is adjusted so that the contact angle of the binder solution 50 with the surface of a current collector 10 is 73° or less, to form a binder solution layer 56; applying a mixed material paste 40 containing an active material 22 on top of the binder solution layer 56, to deposit both the binder solution layer 56 and a mixed material paste layer 46 on the current collector 10; and obtaining an electrode 30 in which a mixed material layer 20 is formed on the current collector 10, by drying the deposited binder solution layer 56 and mixed material paste layer 46 together.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Yozo Uchida
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Patent number: 9159986Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a method for producing a battery electrode employing a configuration in which a compound material layer containing an active material 22 and a binder 54 is retained on a current collector 10. The formation of the compound material layer is carried out by a method including: a step of forming a binder solution layer 56 by applying a binder solution 50 containing the first binder 54 to the current collector 10; a step of depositing the binder solution layer 56 and a compound material paste layer 46 on the current collector 10 by applying the compound material paste 40 over the binder solution layer 56; and a step of obtaining an electrode in which the compound material layer is formed on the current collector 10 by drying both the binder solution layer 56 and the compound material paste 40.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yozo Uchida, Nobuyuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20150194680Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery has an electrode sheet having a current collecting foil formed thereon with a mixture layer containing powdered mixture particles. On the current collecting foil, there are provided a binder coated section on which a binder layer is formed having patterned markings; and a binder non-coated section on which a binder layer is not formed. The mixture particles contain at least an electrode active material and a binder. The mixture layer is formed on the binder coated section and the binder non-coated section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yozo Uchida
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Patent number: 8980472Abstract: The secondary battery according to the present invention includes an electrode (10) having: an electrode current collector (12), an electrode active material layer (14) formed on the surface of the electrode current collector (12), an electrically conductive film (16) that covers the surface of the electrode active material layer (14), and an electrical conductor part (18) for forming a direct electrical connection between the electrically conductive film (16) and the electrode current collector (12) by going around the electrode active material layer (14).Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yozo Uchida
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Patent number: 8962098Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an unexpected method of manufacturing a battery electrode and a coating die for use therein, both of which are capable of providing a high speed drying and of improving a peel strength between a collector and a compound. The manufacturing process S1 of manufacturing the battery electrode 1 includes the process of coating the compound 3 containing the electrode active material 4 and the binder 5 on the sheet collector 2 and the process of drying the compound 3 to bond the collector 2 and the compound 3, wherein in the coating process, a laser light is emitted to the interface between the compound 3 and the collector 2. Due to the above structure, regardless of the drying speed, the binder 5 contained in the compound 3 is crystallized at the interface with respect to the collector 2. As a result, the high speed drying is provided and the peel strength between the collector 2 and the compound 3 is improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yozo Uchida
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Patent number: 8911900Abstract: A method is provided for producing a battery electrode having a configuration in which a compound material layer containing an active material and a binder is retained on a current collector. This method includes forming protrusions composed of a polymer on a surface of the current collector, forming a binder solution layer by coating a binder solution containing the binder over the polymer protrusions onto the current collector, depositing the binder solution layer and a compound material paste layer on the current collector by applying a compound material paste containing the active material over the binder solution layer, and obtaining an electrode in which the compound material layer is formed on the current collector by drying both the deposited binder solution layer and compound material paste layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yozo Uchida, Nobuyuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8852810Abstract: The electrode collector 40 for a battery provided by the present invention is an electrode collector 40 having a base 10 that mainly composed of a conductive metal such as aluminum, and a DLC film 20 covering the surface 12 of the base 10. The DLC film 20 is not thicker than 10 nm, and preferably has a hydrophilic surface on which hydrophilic functional groups are present.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yozo Uchida
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Patent number: 8785039Abstract: A battery-dedicated electrode foil (32) includes an aluminum electrode foil (33) in which metal aluminum is exposed, and corrosion-resistant layers (34A, 34B) that are formed on surfaces (33a, 33b) of the aluminum electrode foil, and that are in direct contact with the metal aluminum that forms the aluminum electrode foil, and that is made of tungsten carbide.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yozo Uchida, Tadashi Teranishi
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Publication number: 20140134486Abstract: The method for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder coating step (18), a mixture supplying step (20), a magnetic field applying step (22), and a convection generating step (24). The binder coating step (18) is a step of coating a slurry-form binder (18a) on a metal foil (12a) (collector). The mixture supplying step (20) is a step of supplying a negative electrode mixture containing graphite so as to be superposed on the slurry-form binder (18a) coated on the metal foil (12a) in the binder coating step (18). The magnetic field applying step (22) is a step of applying a magnetic field having magnetic lines of force pointing in the direction orthogonal to the metal foil (12a), to the negative electrode mixture (20a) coated on the metal foil (12a) in the mixture supplying step (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yozo Uchida, Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Tomohide Sumi, Tomohiko Ishida
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Patent number: 8691443Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery of this invention comprises a separator interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. Moreover, a porous film of lithium titanate is formed on the surface of the negative electrode. In this lithium-ion secondary battery, when the separator is ruptured, short-circuiting of the positive electrode and negative electrode is suppressed by the lithium titanate porous film formed on the surface of the negative electrode. Further, in this configuration, a decline in the characteristics of storage of lithium ions in the negative electrode at low temperatures (low-temperature input characteristics) is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yozo Uchida
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Publication number: 20140079872Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery having electrodes in which a mix layer including a first binder and one of a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material is formed via a second binder on a collector. The method includes: performing pattern coating of the second binder on the surface of the collector and regularly forming binder-coated sections and uncoated sections; and feeding a powder of mix particles on the binder-coated sections and the uncoated sections so as to form the mix layer on the collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yozo Uchida, Kazahiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Sekine, Taku Matsumura, Kunihito Arai
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Publication number: 20130280413Abstract: An electrode material applying apparatus 14 includes a flow path 14a which allows passage of slurry containing at least graphite particles dispersed in a solvent, a filter 14b disposed in the flow path 14a, magnets 14c1 and 14c2 disposed so as to generate, on the filter 14b, a magnetic field having magnetic lines of force extending along the flow path 14a, and an applying member 14d which applies, on a current collector, the slurry having passed through the filter 14b.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: Yozo Uchida
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Publication number: 20130255074Abstract: The method for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder coating step (18), a mixture supplying step (20), a magnetic field applying step (22), and a convection generating step (24). The binder coating step (18) is a step of coating a slurry-form binder (18a) on a metal foil (12a) (collector). The mixture supplying step (20) is a step of supplying a negative electrode mixture containing graphite so as to be superposed on the slurry-form binder (18a) coated on the metal foil (12a) in the binder coating step (18). The magnetic field applying step (22) is a step of applying a magnetic field having magnetic lines of force pointing in the direction orthogonal to the metal foil (12a), to the negative electrode mixture (20a) coated on the metal foil (12a) in the mixture supplying step (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Yozo Uchida, Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Tomohide Sumi, Tomohiko Ishida
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Patent number: 8530082Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a battery electrode having a configuration in which an electrode active material layer including an electrode active material is held on an electrode collector. The method includes a step of mixing the electrode active material with a solvent and preparing an electrode active material paste (step S10), a step of admixing and dispersing microbubbles in the prepared electrode active material paste to obtain a low-density electrode active material paste that has a density lower than that before the admixing (step S20), and a step of coating the electrode collector with the low-density electrode active material paste (step S30).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yozo Uchida, Yoshiki Ohsawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130130107Abstract: The secondary battery according to the present invention includes an electrode (10) having: an electrode current collector (12), an electrode active material layer (14) formed on the surface of the electrode current collector (12), an electrically conductive film (16) that covers the surface of the electrode active material layer (14), and an electrical conductor part (18) for forming a direct electrical connection between the electrically conductive film (16) and the electrode current collector (12) by going around the electrode active material layer (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventor: Yozo Uchida