Patents by Inventor Yuji Yokoyama
Yuji Yokoyama 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: 9871859Abstract: A first control apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first receiving unit which receives a second message from any one of switch apparatuses of an OpenFlow network which is a connection path connecting a terminal apparatus with a communication destination apparatus; a first receiving packet processing unit which processes the second message; a first application executing unit which executes a first application corresponding to the second message; a first message generating unit which receives messages from the first receiving packet processing unit and the first application executing unit, and generates a first message; a first message receiving unit which receives a first message from another first control apparatus; a first determination unit which selects the first message received from the first message generating unit or the first message received from the first message receiving unit; and a first sending unit which sends the selected first message.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Yokoyama, Fei Gao
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Publication number: 20170358792Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a kneading step of kneading a carbon-based negative electrode active material, a binder, and a sugar alcohol with each other to form a negative electrode mixture paste; and an application step of applying the negative electrode mixture paste to a negative electrode current collector to form a negative electrode mixture layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Naoyuki WADA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 9806336Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries including a positive electrode mixture layer formed of a positive electrode mixture paste containing a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material has a particle diameter of 2 ?m or more and less than 7 ?m. The positive electrode mixture layer includes a first mixture layer in which a maximum diameter of pores formed between particles of the positive electrode active material is more than 1.0 ?m and 5.0 ?m or less, and a second mixture layer in which a maximum diameter of the pores is 1.0 ?m or less. The second mixture layer is arranged closer to the current collector than the first mixture layer. A ratio of a thickness of the first mixture layer to a thickness of the second mixture layer is more than 0.1 and 1.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Hashimoto, Yusuke Fukumoto, Keisuke Ohara, Yuji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20170309945Abstract: A flat-plate portion of a negative electrode composite material layer includes a first end portion at one end portion in a direction of axis of winding of a flat electrode winding assembly, a second end portion located opposite to the first end portion, and a central portion lying between the first end portion and the second end portion. The flat-plate portion of the negative electrode composite material layer is provided with a plurality of communication grooves. The communication groove includes a first terminal end portion at the first end portion, includes a second terminal end portion at the second end portion, includes in the central portion, a starting portion located closer to a bottom portion of a prismatic case relative to the first terminal end portion and the second terminal end portion, and extends from the starting portion toward the first terminal end portion and the second terminal end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Naoyuki WADA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Yuji YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9761853Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which an increase in resistance is suppressed when high rate pulsed charging and discharging is repeatedly carried out. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided by the present disclosure is provided with: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The separator is provided with a separator base made of a non-woven fabric; a first resin layer provided on a surface of the separator base that faces the positive electrode; and a second resin layer provided on a surface of the separator base that faces the negative electrode. In addition, a resin matrix of the first resin layer is constituted from polytetrafluoroethylene or a copolymer containing polytetrafluoroethylene as a primary component, and a resin matrix of the second resin layer is constituted from poly(vinylidene fluoride) or a copolymer containing poly(vinylidene fluoride) as a primary component.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Yusuke Fukumoto, Naoyuki Wada, Yuji Yokoyama, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Naoto Onodera
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Patent number: 9692048Abstract: A positive electrode collector includes a main body layer and a surface layer. The surface layer is provided at least at a portion of a surface of the main body layer where the positive electrode mixture layer is provided, and is made of a carbon material. A first positive electrode active material is made of first lithium complex oxide having a layered crystal structure. A second positive electrode active material includes a particle made of second lithium complex oxide having an olivine crystal structure, a carbon film provided at least at a part of a surface of the particle, and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon film. A conducting agent in the positive electrode mixture layer includes a carbon particle and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon particle.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Yusuke Fukumoto, Hideki Sano, Yuji Yokoyama, Tatsuya Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20170170464Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution at least held by the separator. The positive electrode has a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode mixture layer provided on the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode mixture layer has a first powder and a second powder. The first powder includes a first positive electrode active material, a first conductive material, and an organic-based binder. The second powder includes a second positive electrode active material, a second conductive material, and a water-based binder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Keisuke OHARA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Yuji YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9647261Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that comprises a positive electrode sheet comprising a positive electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode sheet comprising a negative electrode active material layer. The positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet are arranged such that the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer face each other. The negative electrode active material layer comprises a face-to-face region NF that faces the positive electrode active material layer and a non-face-to-face region NNF that does not face the positive electrode active material layer. The non-face-to-face region NNF includes a high density part NHD having a density higher than that of the region face-to-face NF.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Ohara, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Yuji Yokoyama, Yusuke Fukumoto
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Patent number: 9559383Abstract: The present invention provides a sealed lithium secondary battery in which redox shuttle reactions of an aromatic compound that is an overcharge inhibitor are inhibited, and the aromatic compound decomposes appropriately, and a desired amount of gas can be generated more stably than in conventional instances, even in high-temperature environments. In the sealed lithium secondary battery (100), an electrode assembly (80) and an electrolyte are accommodated in a battery case (50) that is provided with a current interrupt device (30). The electrolyte comprises a compound that is capable of suppressing drops in viscosity of the electrolyte as a result of a rise in temperature in a temperature region up to 100° C., and an aromatic compound capable of generating hydrogen gas when a predetermined battery voltage is exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Morita, Toshihiko Mitsuhashi, Keisuke Ohara, Yuji Yokoyama, Yusuke Fukumoto, Tatsuya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9515313Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode collector core material; and a sheet body including a plurality of granulation bodies. The sheet body is disposed on the positive electrode collector core material. The granulation bodies each contain a first positive electrode active material particle, a second positive electrode active material particle, and expanded graphite, the first positive electrode active material particle including lithium-nickel composite oxide, the second positive electrode active material particle including lithium iron phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Yusuke Fukumoto, Yuji Yokoyama, Koichi Toriyama
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Publication number: 20160336568Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which an increase in resistance is suppressed when high rate pulsed charging and discharging is repeatedly carried out. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided by the present disclosure is provided with: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The separator is provided with a separator base made of a non-woven fabric; a first resin layer provided on a surface of the separator base that faces the positive electrode; and a second resin layer provided on a surface of the separator base that faces the negative electrode. In addition, a resin matrix of the first resin layer is constituted from polytetrafluoroethylene or a copolymer containing polytetrafluoroethylene as a primary component, and a resin matrix of the second resin layer is constituted from poly(vinylidene fluoride) or a copolymer containing poly(vinylidene fluoride) as a primary component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Naoyuki WADA, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Naoto ONODERA
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Publication number: 20160286770Abstract: Provided are a tubular structure having an aesthetically fine decorative layer with which borders of the layers in a circumferential direction are obscured, and a method of forming such a decorative layer on the tubular structure. The decorative layer includes axial-direction decorative rows arranged in a circumferential direction of a tubular body of the tubular structure. Each axial-direction decorative row includes covering regions that make a surface of the tubular body structure invisible and exposing regions that make the surface of the tubular body visible, and the covering and exposing regions are alternately arranged along an axial direction of the tubular body. An axial-direction decorative row has the exposing regions arranged such that a portion of the covering region in the next axial-direction decorative rows in the circumferential direction is partially situated between the two axially adjacent covering regions in the axial-direction decorative row with a clearance therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventor: Yuji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20160260974Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: an electrode mixture layer that contains an electrode active material and an organic ferroelectric having a dielectric constant of 25 or higher; and an electrolytic solution that contains lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and a nonaqueous solvent. A content of the organic ferroelectric is 0.5 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the electrode active material. A proportion of a high-polarity solvent having a dielectric constant of 10 or higher in the nonaqueous solvent is 10 vol % or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Naoto ONODERA, Naoyuki WADA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Hideki SANO
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Publication number: 20160240839Abstract: A manufacturing method for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: forming a powder; forming a sheet-like green compact; and forming a heat-resistant layer. The powder contains composite particles and a solvent. The composite particles contain inorganic filler particles and a binder. The green compact is formed by pressing the powder in a state in which the solvent remains. The heat-resistant layer is formed by disposing the green compact on a surface of at least any of a positive electrode mixture layer and a negative electrode mixture layer after the green compact is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Naoyuki WADA, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Naoto ONODERA
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Publication number: 20160181619Abstract: A secondary battery includes a wound electrode assembly in which a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separator are stacked and wound. The positive electrode sheet is provided with a long positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer is disposed on the positive electrode current collector. The negative electrode sheet is provided with a long negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is disposed on the negative electrode current collector. The separator is interposed between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet. The negative electrode current collector has a first active material layer-free region at one edge of the negative electrode current collector in a winding direction of an axis of the wound electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Keisuke OHARA, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20160141597Abstract: A method of manufacturing a negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: preparing a copper foil having a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposite sides of the copper foil; obtaining a granulated body by mixing a negative electrode active material, a thickener, a binder, and a solvent with each other to obtain a mixture and by granulating the mixture; obtaining a first negative electrode mixture layer by pressing the granulated body; arranging the first negative electrode mixture layer on the first main surface; and softening the copper foil by bringing the second main surface into contact with a heated roller in a state where the first negative electrode mixture layer is arranged on the first main surface. A temperature of the heated roller is a recrystallization temperature of the copper foil or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Naoto ONODERA, Naoyuki WADA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Yuji YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20160141628Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a negative electrode current collector foil; and a negative electrode mixture layer that is arranged on the negative electrode current collector foil. The negative electrode mixture layer contains a plurality of granulated particles. Each of the granulated particles contains a negative electrode active material and a coating film. The coating film is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material. The coating film includes a first film and a second film. The first film is formed on the surface of the negative electrode active material. The second film is formed on the first film. The first film contains a carboxymethyl cellulose polymer. The second film contains a polyacrylic acid polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Naoyuki WADA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Naoto ONODERA, Yuji YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20160112330Abstract: A first control apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first receiving unit which receives a second message from any one of switch apparatuses of an OpenFlow network which is a connection path connecting a terminal apparatus with a communication destination apparatus; a first receiving packet processing unit which processes the second message; a first application executing unit which executes a first application corresponding to the second message; a first message generating unit which receives messages from the first receiving packet processing unit and the first application executing unit, and generates a first message; a first message receiving unit which receives a first message from another first control apparatus; a first determination unit which selects the first message received from the first message generating unit or the first message received from the first message receiving unit; and a first sending unit which sends the selected first message.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Yuji YOKOYAMA, Fei GAO
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Publication number: 20160093877Abstract: A positive electrode collector includes a main body layer and a surface layer. The surface layer is provided at least at a portion of a surface of the main body layer where the positive electrode mixture layer is provided, and is made of a carbon material. A first positive electrode active material is made of first lithium complex oxide having a layered crystal structure. A second positive electrode active material includes a particle made of second lithium complex oxide having an olivine crystal structure, a carbon film provided at least at a part of a surface of the particle, and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon film. A conducting agent in the positive electrode mixture layer includes a carbon particle and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Hideki SANO, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20150333324Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode collector core material; and a sheet body including a plurality of granulation bodies. The sheet body is disposed on the positive electrode collector core material. The granulation bodies each contain a first positive electrode active material particle, a second positive electrode active material particle, and expanded graphite, the first positive electrode active material particle including lithium-nickel composite oxide, the second positive electrode active material particle including lithium iron phosphate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya UMEYAMA, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Yusuke FUKUMOTO, Yuji YOKOYAMA, Koichi TORIYAMA