Patents by Inventor Yuichi Aihara

Yuichi Aihara 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).

  • Patent number: 11955602
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte for an all-solid secondary battery, the solid electrolyte including: Li, S, P, an M1 element, and an M2 element, wherein the M1 element is at least one element selected from Na, K, Rb, Sc, Fr, and the M2 element is at least one element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, molar amounts of lithium and the M1 element satisfy 0<M1/(Li+M1)?0.07, and the solid electrolyte has peaks at positions of 15.42°±0.50° 2?, 17.87° degrees±0.50° degrees 2?, 25.48° degrees±0.50° degrees 2?, 30.01° degrees±0.50° 2?, and 31.38°±0.50° 2? when analyzed by X-ray diffraction using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsujimura, Naoki Suzuki, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11929463
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20240047761
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Takanobu YAMADA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11824155
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery includes: a positive active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and a negative active material layer, which is capable of forming an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is between the positive active material layer and the negative active material layer, and wherein the negative active material layer comprises silver (Ag).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Naoki Suzuki, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11799126
    Abstract: A method of preparing a solid electrolyte and an all-solid battery including a solid electrolyte prepared by the method, the method including: contacting a first solvent and a first starting material comprising an alkali metal, sulfur, phosphorus, an element M, or a combination thereof to form a first solution; precipitating a first precursor from the first solution; contacting a second solvent, the first precursor, and a second starting material comprising an alkali metal, sulfur, phosphorus, an element M, or a combination thereof to form a second solution; precipitating a second precursor from the second solution; and heat treating the second precursor to prepare the solid electrolyte, wherein the element M comprises an element of Group 14 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the element M and the alkali metal in the first starting material and the second starting material are the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsujimura, Yuichi Aihara, Nobuya Machida
  • Patent number: 11799171
    Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode active material layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of an interface between the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer is about 1 micrometer or less, and a relative density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fujiki, Takanobu Yamada, Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20230299333
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a solid electrolyte including a compound represented by Formula 1 below and having an argyrodite crystal structure, an electrochemical battery including the solid electrolyte, and a method of preparing the solid electrolyte. (Li1?kMk)7?(a+b)PS6?(a+b+x)OxClaBrb??<Formula 1> wherein, in Formula 1, M is sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), zirconium (Zr), zinc (Zn), or a combination thereof , and 0.5?a/b?1.5, 0<a<2, 0<b<2, 0<x?1, 0?k<1, and x<3?(a+b)/2 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shintaro KITAJIMA, Tomoyuki TSUJIMURA, Soyeon KIM, Hyunseok KIM, Saebom RYU, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11764407
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20230187705
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01 <(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Takanobu YAMADA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230187685
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a stacked all-solid-state secondary battery in which a plurality of battery units in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are sequentially stacked are stacked along the stacking direction, wherein a buffer layer formed between the adjacent battery units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroe ISHIHARA, Yuichi AIHARA, Taku Watanabe, Satoshi FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230155109
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery, including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and an anode including an anode active material layer, which forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the cathode, the solid electrolyte is between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode active material layer includes about 33 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of an amorphous carbon with respect to the total mass of an anode active material in the anode active material layer, and a ratio of the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer to the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer satisfies 0.01<b/a<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki SUZUKI, Nobuyoshi YASHIRO, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11611109
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11594717
    Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery, including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer; and an anode including an anode active material layer, which forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, wherein the cathode, the solid electrolyte is between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode active material layer includes about 33 weight percent to about 95 weight percent of an amorphous carbon with respect to the total mass of an anode active material in the anode active material layer, and a ratio of the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer to the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer satisfies 0.01<b/a<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11532813
    Abstract: A composite cathode active material includes a cathode active material particle; and a coating layer on a surface of the cathode active material particle, wherein the coating layer includes an acetate, wherein the acetate comprises an alkali metal acetate, an alkaline earth metal acetate, a transition metal acetate, or a combination thereof, or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsujimura, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11437643
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a sacrificial positive electrode material having an oxidation-reduction potential which is less than a discharge voltage of the positive electrode active material; and a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including an element alloyable with lithium or that forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the sacrificial positive electrode material includes a sacrificial active material and a conductive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Seitaro Ito, Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi, Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20220246938
    Abstract: An all-solid-state rechargeable battery including a positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a plate-shaped positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer on the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode layer includes an endothermic material that absorbs heat by a decomposition reaction, and a content of the endothermic material in the positive electrode layer is greater than or equal to about 1 part by weight and less than or equal to about 30 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi FUJIKI, Hiroe ISHIHARA, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11349114
    Abstract: An anodeless coating layer for an all-solid battery, the anodeless coating layer includes: an anode active material capable of forming an alloy with lithium or a compound with lithium; and a binder, wherein the binder includes a block copolymer including a conductive domain, a non-conductive domain, or a combination thereof, and wherein the conductive domain includes an ion-conductive domain, an electron-conductive domain, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonggun Lee, Toshinori Sugimoto, Yuichi Aihara, Saebom Ryu, Dongmin Im
  • Patent number: 11312163
    Abstract: To provide a printing apparatus of high printing quality for decreasing a transport amount of a film-shaped medium used in the printing apparatus, and suppressing skew of the film-shaped medium, a control section 100 that controls a transport section 49 for transporting a film-shaped medium 46 controls a transport amount of the film-shaped medium 46, corresponding to information on whether or not to print on only one side of a recording medium in detecting a type and/or Empty of the film-shaped medium 46, based on a mark detection result in initializing operation of the film-shaped medium 46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventor: Yuichi Aihara
  • Publication number: 20220109184
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte for an all-solid secondary battery, the solid electrolyte including: Li, S, P, an M1 element, and an M2 element, wherein the M1 element is at least one element selected from Na, K, Rb, Sc, Fr, and the M2 element is at least one element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, molar amounts of lithium and the M1 element satisfy 0<M1/(Li+M1)?0.07, and the solid electrolyte has peaks at positions of 15.42°±0.50° 2?, 17.87° degrees±0.50° degrees 2?, 25.48° degrees±0.50° degrees 2?, 30.01° degrees±0.50° 2?, and 31.38°±0.50° 2? when analyzed by X-ray diffraction using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyuki TSUJIMURA, Naoki SUZUKI, Yuichi AIHARA
  • Patent number: 11289707
    Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material, wherein the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes a binder and an anode active material that does not include an alkali metal, wherein the binder includes a polymer main chain and a polyvinyl alcohol-containing copolymer, and wherein the polymer main chain includes polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, or a combination thereof, and the polyvinyl alcohol-containing copolymer has at least one repeating unit linked to the polymer main chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonggun Lee, Toshinori Sugimoto, Saebom Ryu, Yuichi Aihara, Dongmin Im