Patents by Inventor Yuichi Sabi

Yuichi Sabi 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: 11862798
    Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein: integrated value (a) is 3 to 15% (for frequency of diameters of 1 ?m or less), and frequency (b) is 8 to 20% (for diameter with a maximum frequency). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein assuming two directions perpendicular to thickness direction of collector (11) and mutually orthogonal as first and second directions, average thickness a1, maximum thickness b1, minimum thickness c1 in thickness distribution in the first direction, and thickness d1 (largest absolute value of difference from a1) satisfy 0.990?(d1/a1)?1.010 and (b1?c1)?5.0 ?m, and average thickness a2, maximum thickness b2, minimum thickness c2 in thickness distribution in the second direction, and thickness d2 (largest absolute value of difference from a2) satisfy 0.990?(d2/a2)?1.010 and (b2?c2)?5.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Yoshikawa, Yuichi Sabi
  • Patent number: 11811062
    Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein: integrated value (a) is 3 to 15% (for frequency of diameters of 1 ?m or less), and frequency (b) is 8 to 20% (for diameter with a maximum frequency). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein assuming two directions perpendicular to thickness direction of collector (11) and mutually orthogonal as first and second directions, average thickness a1, maximum thickness b1, minimum thickness cl in thickness distribution in the first direction, and thickness d1 (largest absolute value of difference from a1) satisfy 0.990?(d1/a1)?1.010 and (b1?c1)?5.0 ?m, and average thickness a2, maximum thickness b2, minimum thickness c2 in thickness distribution in the second direction, and thickness d2 (largest absolute value of difference from a2) satisfy 0.990?(d2/a2)?1.010 and (b2?c2)?5.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Yoshikawa, Yuichi Sabi
  • Publication number: 20230207805
    Abstract: The present relates to a positive electrode (1) for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode current collector (11) comprising a positive electrode current collector main both (14) formed of a metal material; a positive electrode active material layer (12) provided on the positive electrode current collector (11), wherein the positive electrode active material layer (12) comprises a positive electrode active material having, on at least a part of its surface, a coated section comprising a conductive material, the positive electrode active material layer (12) has a pore specific surface area of 5.0 to 10.0 m2/g and a central pore diameter of 0.06 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi SABI
  • Publication number: 20230178731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode (1) for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a current collector (11) and an active material layer (12) which comprises active material particles, and is provided on the current collector (11), wherein a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption amount of the active material layer is 30.0 mL/100 g or more and less than 38.0 mL/100 g, and a positive electrode (1) for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a current collector (11) comprising a current collector main body (12) formed of a metal material; and an active material layer (12) provided on the current collector, wherein: the active material layer (12) comprises an active material; the active material comprises a compound having an olivine type crystal structure; a volume density of the active material layer (12) is 2.2 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi SABI
  • Publication number: 20230178723
    Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a current collector (11) and an active material layer (12) provided on the current collector (11), wherein: the active material layer (12) includes one or more positive electrode active material particles; and a true density D of the active material and a true density D1 of the active material layer (12) satisfy 0.96?D1<D. The positive electrode active material preferably includes a compound represented by a formula LiFexM(1-x)PO4, wherein 0?x?1, M is Co, Ni, Mn, Al, Ti or Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi SABI, Hikaru YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230155128
    Abstract: The present relates to a positive electrode (1) for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode current collector (11) comprising a positive electrode current collector main both (14) formed of a metal material; a positive electrode active material layer (12) provided on the positive electrode current collector (11), wherein the positive electrode active material layer (12) comprises a positive electrode active material having, on at least a. part of its surface, a coated section comprising a conductive material, the positive electrode active material layer (12) has a pore specific surface area of 5.0 to 10.0 m2/g and a central pore diameter of 0.06 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi SABI
  • Publication number: 20230115482
    Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a collector (11) and an active material layer (12), wherein a spreading resistance distribution of the layer (12) shows a profile with a sum of frequencies of resistance values 4.0 to 6.0 (log?) accounting for 0.0 to 5.0% relative to a total, 100%, of frequencies of resistance values 4.0 to 12.5 (log?). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a collector (11) and an active material layer (12), wherein the layer (12) includes an active material and a conductive carbon material, and an amount of a low-resistance conductive carbon material having a resistivity of 0.10 ?·cm or less is 0.5% by mass or less, based on a total mass of the layer (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi SABI
  • Publication number: 20220359873
    Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein: integrated value (a) is 3 to 15% (for frequency of diameters of 1 ?m or less), and frequency (b) is 8 to 20% (for diameter with a maximum frequency). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein assuming two directions perpendicular to thickness direction of collector (11) and mutually orthogonal as first and second directions, average thickness a1, maximum thickness b1, minimum thickness c1 in thickness distribution in the first direction, and thickness d1 (largest absolute value of difference from a1) satisfy 0.990?(d1/a1)?1.010 and (b1?c1)?5.0 ?m, and average thickness a2, maximum thickness b2, minimum thickness c2 in thickness distribution in the second direction, and thickness d2 (largest absolute value of difference from a2) satisfy 0.990?(d2/a2)?1.010 and (b2?c2)?5.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi SABI
  • Publication number: 20220352514
    Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a collector (11) and an active material layer (12), wherein a spreading resistance distribution of the layer (12) shows a profile with a sum of frequencies of resistance values 4.0 to 6.0 (log ?) accounting for 0.0 to 5.0% relative to a total, 100%, of frequencies of resistance values 4.0 to 12.5 (log ?). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a collector (11) and an active material layer (12), wherein the layer (12) includes an active material and a conductive carbon material, and an amount of a low-resistance conductive carbon material having a resistivity of 0.10 ?·cm or less is 0.5% by mass or less, based on a total mass of the layer (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru YOSHIKAWA, Yuichi SABI
  • Patent number: 10403927
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and is able to be manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tatsuya Furuya, Koichiro Hinokuma, Reina Ichikawa, Yui Senda, Momoe Adachi
  • Patent number: 9819049
    Abstract: A battery includes a plurality of unit batteries arranged in a stacking direction, each unit battery including a battery element portion and at least one connection portion extending from a side of the battery element portion. A plurality of the connection portions extend from a first side of the unit batteries, and a distance in the stacking direction between at least two of said connection portions decreases as said connection portions extend away from the sides of the respective battery element portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Matsushita, Takao Fujii, Yuichi Sabi
  • Publication number: 20170301948
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and is able to be manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tatsuya Furuya, Koichiro Hinokuma, Reina Ichikawa, Yui Senda, Momoe Adachi
  • Patent number: 9673481
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tatsuya Furuya, Koichiro Hinokuma, Reina Ichikawa, Yui Senda, Momoe Adachi
  • Patent number: 9601799
    Abstract: A method for producing a thin-film battery includes a film-formation step of forming a film of a positive-electrode material to form a positive-electrode active material film and an annealing step of annealing the positive-electrode active material film. After the annealing step, a lithium-ion introduction step of introducing lithium ions into the positive-electrode active material film. After the introduction of the lithium ions, a reverse-sputtering step of edging the positive-electrode active material film by reverse sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Furuya, Katsunori Takahara, Hiroyuki Morioka, Yuichi Sabi
  • Patent number: 9373866
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte battery that has favorable charge-discharge characteristics with impedance reduced. This solid electrolyte battery has, on a substrate 10, a stacked body of a positive electrode side current collector film 30, a positive electrode protective film 31, a positive electrode active material film 40, a solid electrolyte film 50, a negative electrode potential formation layer 64, and a negative electrode side current collector film 70 stacked in this order. The positive electrode active material film 40 is composed of an amorphous positive electrode active material. The positive electrode protective film 31 is composed of LiCoO2, LiMn2O4, LiNiO2, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Saori Hayashi, Susumu Sato
  • Patent number: 9362547
    Abstract: The present technology is able to provide a solid electrolyte cell that uses a positive electrode active material which has a high ionic conductivity in an amorphous state, and a positive electrode active material which has a high ionic conductivity in an amorphous state. The solid electrolyte cell has a stacked body, in which, a positive electrode side current collector film, a positive electrode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, a negative electrode potential formation layer and a negative electrode side current collector film are stacked, in this order, on a substrate. The positive electrode active material film is made up with an amorphous-state lithium phosphate compound that contains Li; P; an element M1 selected from Ni, Co, Mn, Au, Ag, and Pd; and O, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sabi, Susumu Sato, Saori Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9325008
    Abstract: Provided are: a solid electrolyte battery using a novel positive electrode active material that functions in an amorphous state; and a novel positive electrode active material that functions in an amorphous state. The solid electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, and the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-boric acid compound in an amorphous state, which contains Li, B, any element M1 selected from Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Au, Ag, and Pd, and O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saori Hayashi, Yuichi Sabi, Susumu Sato
  • Publication number: 20150255827
    Abstract: A battery includes a plurality of unit batteries arranged in a stacking direction, each unit battery including a battery element portion and at least one connection portion extending from a side of the battery element portion. A plurality of the connection portions extend from a first side of the unit batteries, and a distance in the stacking direction between at least two of said connection portions decreases as said connection portions extend away from the sides of the respective battery element portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Naoki MATSUSHITA, Takao FUJII, Yuichi SABI
  • Patent number: 9123960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state electrolyte battery using a cathode activating substance which functions as such in an amorphous state and has a high ionic conductivity and provides a cathode activating substance used for the same. This solid-state electrolyte battery includes a laminated body. In the laminated body, a cathode-side current collector film, cathode activating substance film, solid-state electrolyte film, anode potential formation layer and anode-side current collector film are stacked above a substrate in this order. The cathode activating substance film is made of LixMyPO4?zNz, i.e., a lithium complex oxide in an amorphous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Sabi
  • Publication number: 20140099541
    Abstract: Provided are: a solid electrolyte battery using a novel positive electrode active material that functions in an amorphous state; and a novel positive electrode active material that functions in an amorphous state. The solid electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, and the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-boric acid compound in an amorphous state, which contains Li, B, any element M1 selected from Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Au, Ag, and Pd, and O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Saori Hayashi, Yuichi Sabi, Susumu Sato