Patents by Inventor Yuima Kimura

Yuima Kimura 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: 20240105396
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a doping method in which the status of the progress of a main reaction can be estimated in the lithium carbonate decomposition-type doping step of a nonaqueous lithium power storage element. The separation method, the doping method, and the doping apparatus according to the present disclosure include calculating a capacitor current density iC and an electrode reaction current density iR based on voltage and current of a cell that are measured during doping of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Hiraoka, Yuima Kimura, Ryusuke Okoshi, Yuji Asano, Sumire Jinno, Ryosuke Baba
  • Patent number: 11824203
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous lithium-type electricity storage element which includes a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode active material layer disposed thereon, wherein, in a solid-state 7Li-NMR spectrum of the positive electrode active material layer, a signal area ratio a/b, which is the ratio of a signal area ratio of component A having a signal at least at ?2 to 2.5 ppm to a signal area of component B having a signal at ?6 to ?2.5 ppm is 1.5 to 20.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20220393147
    Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium power storage element that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode having a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer that includes active carbon, and the non-aqueous lithium power storage element having configuration (1) and/or (2). (1) The negative electrode includes a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer (2) The non-aqueous electrolyte contains (A) LiPF6 and/or LiBF4, (B) an imide lithium salt, and (C) an oxalate-complex lithium salt, the ratio of the mass of component (C) to the total mass of components (A) and (B) being 1.0-10.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takada, Kazuteru Umetsu, Fumiya Nakamura, Yusuke Yamahata, Yuima Kimura, Tadashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11387052
    Abstract: A nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions. The negative electrode has: a negative electrode collector; and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material, said negative electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode active material contains a carbonaceous material capable of storing or releasing lithium ions. Furthermore, the positive electrode has: a positive electrode collector; and a positive electrode active material layer containing a cathode active material, said positive electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode active material contains activated carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Publication number: 20220190380
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element, comprising a voltage application step of applying a voltage to a non-aqueous alkali metal electricity storage element precursor comprising a positive electrode precursor, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, housed in a casing, wherein a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode precursor comprises a positive electrode active material and an alkali metal compound other than the positive electrode active material, wherein comprising (1) pressurizing the precursor from outside thereof before the voltage application step or during the voltage application step, (2) heating the precursor before the voltage application step or during the voltage application step, (3) carrying out constant voltage charge of the precursor after constant current charge of the precursor in the voltage application step, and wherein (4) a C rate of the constant current charge is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Koichi Hiraoka, Hitoshi Morita, Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20200274169
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous lithium-type electricity storage element which includes a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode active material layer disposed thereon, wherein, in a solid-state 7Li-NMR spectrum of the positive electrode active material layer, a signal area ratio a/b, which is the ratio of a signal area ratio of component A having a signal at least at ?2 to 2.5 ppm to a signal area of component B having a signal at ?6 to ?2.5 ppm is 1.5 to 20.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10748716
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element in which a lithium compound is included in positive electrode, wherein energy loss due to voltage decrease under high temperatures and high voltages is reduced, and the high-load charge and discharge cycle characteristics are exceptional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20200219665
    Abstract: A nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions. The negative electrode has: a negative electrode collector; and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material, said negative electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode active material contains a carbonaceous material capable of storing or releasing lithium ions. Furthermore, the positive electrode has: a positive electrode collector; and a positive electrode active material layer containing a cathode active material, said positive electrode active material layer being provided on one surface or both surfaces of the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode active material contains activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Patent number: 10636582
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Patent number: 10446847
    Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium-type power storage element obtained by a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte and an electrode laminate having a negative electrode body, a positive electrode body, and a separator being accommodated in an exterior body, wherein: the negative electrode body includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material including a carbon material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okada, Yuima Kimura, Yusuke Yamahata, Osamu Saito, Kensuke Niimura, Hidefumi Takami
  • Publication number: 20190237766
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element in which a lithium compound is included in positive electrode, wherein energy loss due to voltage decrease under high temperatures and high voltages is reduced, and the high-load charge and discharge cycle characteristics are exceptional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10340526
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element in which a lithium compound is included in positive electrode, wherein energy loss due to voltage decrease under high temperatures and high voltages is reduced, and the high-load charge and discharge cycle characteristics are exceptional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10242809
    Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium-type power storage element comprising an electrode laminate body and a non-aqueous electrolyte being housed in an external body, the electrode laminate body having a negative electrode body, a positive electrode body and a separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okada, Yusuke Yamahata, Kensuke Niimura, Yuima Kimura, Osamu Saito
  • Publication number: 20190027320
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yusuke Yamahata
  • Publication number: 20180269486
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous lithium-type power storage element in which a lithium compound is included in positive electrode, wherein energy loss due to voltage decrease under high temperatures and high voltages is reduced, and the high-load charge and discharge cycle characteristics are exceptional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yuima Kimura, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10002718
    Abstract: This lithium ion capacitor results from housing an electrode laminate body, which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, which contains a lithium-ion-containing electrolyte, in an external body, wherein the negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material that can occlude and release lithium ions on one or both surfaces of the negative electrode current collector, and the following (i) to (iii) are all satisfied: (i) the negative electrode active material is a carbon composite material containing carbon black and a carbonaceous material; (ii) the negative electrode is doped with lithium ion at between 1,050 mAh/g and 2,500 mAh/g, inclusive, per unit mass of the negative electrode active material; and (iii) the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is between 10 ?m and 60 ?m, inclusive, per side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamijo, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuima Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170207459
    Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium-type power storage element obtained by a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte and an electrode laminate having a negative electrode body, a positive electrode body, and a separator being accommodated in an exterior body, wherein: the negative electrode body includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material including a carbon material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okada, Yuima Kimura, Yusuke Yamahata, Osamu Saito, Kensuke Niimura, Hidefumi Takami
  • Publication number: 20160300667
    Abstract: A non-aqueous lithium-type power storage element comprising an electrode laminate body and a non-aqueous electrolyte being housed in an external body, the electrode laminate body having a negative electrode body, a positive electrode body and a separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro OKADA, Yusuke YAMAHATA, Kensuke NIIMURA, Yuima KIMURA, Osamu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160300666
    Abstract: This lithium ion capacitor results from housing an electrode laminate body, which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, which contains a lithium-ion-containing electrolyte, in an external body, wherein the negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material that can occlude and release lithium ions on one or both surfaces of the negative electrode current collector, and the following (i) to (iii) are all satisfied: (i) the negative electrode active material is a carbon composite material containing carbon black and a carbonaceous material; (ii) the negative electrode is doped with lithium ion at between 1,050 mAh/g and 2,500 mAh/g, inclusive, per unit mass of the negative electrode active material; and (iii) the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is between 10 ?m and 60 ?m, inclusive, per side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamijo, Nobuhiro Okada, Yuima Kimura