Patents by Inventor Yuki Matsushita

Yuki Matsushita 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: 20190245210
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an electrode current collector in which the peel-off of a coating layer and an aluminum oxide layer is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an electrode current collector to be used in an all solid state battery, the electrode current collector comprising: a current collecting layer, an aluminum oxide layer, and a coating layer containing a conductive material, a resin, and an inorganic filler, in this order; and the current collecting layer has a porous structure on a surface of the aluminum oxide layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20190198880
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an electrode current collector in which the peel-off of a coating layer and an aluminum oxide layer is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an electrode current collector to be used in an all solid state battery, the electrode current collector comprising: a current collecting layer, an aluminum oxide layer, and a coating layer containing a conductive material, a resin, and an inorganic filler, in this order; and an Al—F bond is present in the aluminum oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 10243209
    Abstract: An active material composite particle is capable of suppressing a reaction with a sulfide solid electrolyte material at high temperature. The active material composite particle may include an oxide active material of rock salt bed type and a coat layer containing lithium niobate formed on a surface of the oxide active material, wherein a thickness of the coat layer is in the range of 25 nm to 94 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nariaki Miki, Yuki Matsushita, Kouichi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20180342736
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an electrode current collector that allows the short circuit resistance of an all-solid-state battery to increase and also allows the battery resistance during the normal use of a battery to be reduced. The present disclosure achieve the object by providing an electrode current collector to be used in an all-solid-state battery, the electrode current collector comprising: a current collecting layer, a resistive layer, and a coating layer in this order; an electron conductivity of the coating layer is 2×10?2 S/cm or more; the resistive layer includes an opening; and the current collecting layer contacts with the coating layer in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hajime HASEGAWA, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Dai KATO
  • Publication number: 20180316066
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which the unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180316049
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which an unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a stacked battery comprising: a plurality of cells in a thickness direction, wherein the plurality of cells are electrically connected in parallel; each of the plurality of cells includes a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector, in this order; the stacked battery includes a surface-side cell that is located on a surface side of the stacked battery, and a center-side cell that is located on a center side rather than the surface-side cell; and a contact resistance between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector in the surface-side cell is more than a contact resistance between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector in the center-side cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180316048
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which an unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180316065
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which sneak current caused by an unevenness of a short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells, is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Shigetaka NAGAMATSU, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Shigenori HAMA, Dai KATO, Naohiro MASHIMO, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Ayano KOBAYASHI, Hisataka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20180315984
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stacked battery that can flow a larger rounding current in a short-circuit current shunt part than in an electric element when a short circuit occurs in the short-circuit current shunt part and the electric element in nailing, the stacked battery in which an electrical resistance of a current collector tab of the short-circuit current shunt part is smaller than an electrical resistance of a current collector tab of the electric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180294469
    Abstract: In an all-solid-state battery including at least one short-circuit current shunt part and at least one electric element which are stacked, when the battery is constrained, cracking etc. of the adhesive in the short-circuit current shunt pail is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA
  • Publication number: 20180294468
    Abstract: Disclosed is an all-solid-state battery that makes it possible for a larger rounding current flow into a short-circuit current shunt part than to each electric element when the short-circuit current shunt part and the electric elements short-circuit in nail penetration testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
  • Publication number: 20180294471
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stacked battery including at least one short-circuit current shunt part and electric elements, wherein: the shunt part includes first and second current collector layers, and an insulating layer provided between the first and second current collector layers, all of these layers being stacked; each power generation element includes a cathode current collector layer, a cathode material layer, an electrolyte layer, an anode material layer, and an anode current collector layer all of these layers being stacked; the first current collector layer is electrically connected to the cathode current collector layer and the second current collector layer to the anode current collector layer; the electric elements are electrically connected in parallel; and the shunt part next to the electric elements includes a PPTC layer between the first current collector layer and the insulating layer and/or between the second current collector layer and the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
  • Publication number: 20180294470
    Abstract: A short-circuit current shunt part does not cause any short circuit during normal battery use, causes stable short circuits in nail penetration, and suppresses sudden temperature rise after nail penetration. A stacked battery includes at least one short-circuit current shunt part including first and second current collector layers, and an insulating layer between the first and second current collector layers, and electric elements each including a cathode current collector layer, a cathode material layer, an electrolyte layer, an anode material layer, and an anode current collector layer, with all layers being stacked. The first current collector layer is electrically connected with the cathode current collector layer, the second current collector layer is electrically connected with the anode current collector layer, the electric elements are electrically connected to each other in parallel, and the short-circuit current shunt part insulating layer formed of a thermosetting resin sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
  • Patent number: 10074854
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an anode active material capable of enhancing improvement of heat resistance in an all solid secondary battery. The present invention solves the problem by providing an anode active material comprising an active material particle having carbon as a main component, and a coating layer containing LixPOy (2?x?4, 3?y?5) and formed on a surface of the active material particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Matsushita, Satoshi Yoshida, Koichi Sugiura, Hisataka Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10038229
    Abstract: A battery including a heat absorbing layer that has a large endotherm per unit volume. The battery comprises at least one heat absorbing layer, the at least one heat absorbing layer comprising an inorganic hydrate and at least one organic heat absorbing material selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol and a hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Matsushita, Mitsuru Tateishi
  • Patent number: 10003203
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery system comprising: a sealed battery having formed by housing, in an outer package, a stacked battery; a jig adapted to constrain the sealed battery in the stacking direction; one or more contact pressure sensors provided at least either between an outermost layer surface of the stacked battery and the outer package or in the inside of the stacked battery; one or more gas pressure sensors provided in a space inside the outer package; and a control device adapted to stop charging by judging as an overcharge state only when the change in contact pressure sensed by at least one of the contact pressure sensors is equal to or more than a threshold value, and the change in gas pressure sensed by at least one of the gas pressure sensors is equal to or more than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisataka Fujimaki, Koichi Sugiura, Yuki Matsushita, Satoshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180123196
    Abstract: A sulfide all-solid-state battery which is capable of absorbing heat by a heat absorbing layer at abnormal heat generation and maintaining capacity of a battery at a high level for a long time use is provided. The sulfide all-solid-state battery contains at least one unit cell, at least one heat absorbing layer, a battery case which accommodates the unit cell and the heat absorbing layer, the unit cell contains sulfide solid electrolyte, the heat absorbing layer contains at least one organic heat absorbing material selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols and hydrocarbons, and the heat absorbing layer does not contain an inorganic hydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Mitsuru TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20180006348
    Abstract: A battery that can inhibit temperature rising when generating heat due to a short circuit etc., while inhibiting degradation of the battery output performance, includes a plurality of unit batteries stacked together; and an endothermic layer arranged between the unit batteries adjacent in a stacking direction, the layer including an endothermic material, wherein each unit battery includes: a pair of current collectors; and at least one electrode body, wherein: the pair of current collectors are arranged to both ends of the unit battery in the stacking direction respectively, the electrode body includes a first pole active material layer, a second pole active material layer which is different from the first pole active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer; the first and second pole active material layer are arranged between the pair of current collectors; and the current collectors have contact with the first or second pole active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 9728808
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery in which compatibility between battery performance and safety is intended. The present invention attains the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer containing a cathode active material, an anode layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, containing a first sulfide solid electrolyte material, characterized in that a ratio of ion resistance of the whole all solid state battery to ion resistance of the solid electrolyte layer is 3.8 or less, and the ion resistance of the solid electrolyte layer is 7.6 ?·cm2 or more and 16 ?·cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Sugiura, Satoshi Yoshida, Hisataka Fujimaki, Yuki Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20170155256
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery system comprising: a sealed battery having formed by housing, in an outer package, a stacked battery; a jig adapted to constrain the sealed battery in the stacking direction; one or more contact pressure sensors provided at least either between an outermost layer surface of the stacked battery and the outer package or in the inside of the stacked battery; one or more gas pressure sensors provided in a space inside the outer package; and a control device adapted to stop charging by judging as an overcharge state only when the change in contact pressure sensed by at least one of the contact pressure sensors is equal to or more than a threshold value, and the change in gas pressure sensed by at least one of the gas pressure sensors is equal to or more than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisataka FUJIMAKI, Koichi SUGIURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Satoshi YOSHIDA