Patents by Inventor Yu Ohtsuka

Yu Ohtsuka 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: 20090246631
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electricity storage device which can be charged/discharged at high rate and have high output, high capacity and excellent repeating charge/discharge characteristics, although it uses a non-carbon material as a negative electrode active material. Specifically disclosed is an electricity storage device comprising: a positive electrode collector; a positive electrode disposed on the positive electrode collector and including a positive electrode active material which can reversibly absorb/desorb at least anions; a negative electrode collector; and a negative electrode disposed on the negative electrode collector and including a negative electrode active material which can substantially absorb/desorb lithium ions reversibly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hojo, Yu Ohtsuka, Shoichiro Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20090111030
    Abstract: A power storage device of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an organic compound as an active material having a portion contributing to an oxidation-reduction reaction. The organic compound is crystalline in both a charged state and a discharged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hojo, Yu Ohtsuka, Taisuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20090094822
    Abstract: A method for producing a secondary cell according to the present invention includes step (A) of putting a solution having an electrochemically reversibly oxidizable/reducible organic compound and a supporting electrolyte dissolved therein into contact with a positive electrode active material, thereby oxidizing or reducing the positive electrode active material; and step (B) of accommodating the oxidized positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material in a case in the state of facing each other with a separator being placed therebetween, and filling the case with an electrolyte solution. By oxidizing or reducing the positive electrode active material, lithium ions or anions as the support electrode are incorporated into the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Yu Ohtsuka, Nobuhiko Hojo