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).
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Publication number: 20190245210Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuki MATSUSHITA
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Publication number: 20190198880Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuki MATSUSHITA
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Patent number: 10243209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nariaki Miki, Yuki Matsushita, Kouichi Sugiura
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Publication number: 20180342736Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki MATSUSHITA, Hajime HASEGAWA, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Dai KATO
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Publication number: 20180316066Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180316049Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180316048Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180316065Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180315984Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI
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Publication number: 20180294469Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Yusuke OKUHATA, Norihiro OSE, Shigenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20180294468Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
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Publication number: 20180294471Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
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Publication number: 20180294470Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru TATEISHI, Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Shigenori HAMA, Norihiro OSE
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Patent number: 10074854Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Matsushita, Satoshi Yoshida, Koichi Sugiura, Hisataka Fujimaki
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Patent number: 10038229Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Matsushita, Mitsuru Tateishi
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Patent number: 10003203Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisataka Fujimaki, Koichi Sugiura, Yuki Matsushita, Satoshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180123196Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime HASEGAWA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Yusuke OKUHATA, Mitsuru TATEISHI
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Publication number: 20180006348Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Hideyo EBISUZAKI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA
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Patent number: 9728808Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Sugiura, Satoshi Yoshida, Hisataka Fujimaki, Yuki Matsushita
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Publication number: 20170155256Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisataka FUJIMAKI, Koichi SUGIURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Satoshi YOSHIDA