Patents by Inventor Yusuke Funada

Yusuke Funada 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: 20260155455
    Abstract: A solid-state battery including: a battery element including: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material part, and a negative electrode; a positive external terminal in contact with the positive electrode; and a negative external terminal in contact with the negative electrode, wherein the battery element further includes a first electrode enclosure part surrounding a portion other than a first contact portion between the positive external terminal and the positive electrode, at least the positive electrode contains a first solid electrolyte containing lithium and halogen, the first electrode enclosure part includes at least a first region interposed between the positive electrode and the negative external terminal, the first region contains lithium and a second solid electrolyte containing halogen or not containing halogen, and an element ratio (%) of halogen to the lithium of the second solid electrolyte in the first region is 0% to 6%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventor: Yusuke FUNADA
  • Patent number: 12573657
    Abstract: A solid-state battery including a solid-state battery laminated body including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; a positive electrode terminal on a first side surface of the solid-state battery laminated body; and a negative electrode terminal on a second side surface of the solid-state battery laminated body, the second side surface facing the first side surface. In such a solid-state battery, in at least one electrode layer of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, a terminal contact end portion containing an electrode active material is in direct contact with the respective positive or negative electrode terminal, and a thickness of a non-terminal contact end portion in the electrode layer is smaller than a thickness of a central portion of the electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Keisuke Shimizu, Kiyoshi Kumagae, Koichi Nakano, Nobuyuki Iwane, Sumito Shiina, Katsunori Takahara
  • Publication number: 20260024768
    Abstract: A solid-state battery including: a negative electrode layer including: a negative electrode active material including a Li composite oxide; and an oxide glass-based solid electrolyte, in which a content percentage of the solid electrolyte is 20% by mass to 60% by mass based on a total amount of the negative electrode active material and the solid electrolyte in the negative electrode layer, and a ratio (B/A) of an actual density B of the negative electrode active material to a true density A of the negative electrode active material is 0.3 to 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Kento HONDA, Yusuke FUNADA
  • Publication number: 20220328868
    Abstract: A solid-state battery that includes: a solid-state battery laminate including at least one battery constituent unit including: a positive electrode layer, the positive electrode layer containing a conductive carbon material; a positive electrode current collecting portion arranged at an end surface of the positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid-state electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer in a stacking direction thereof; a positive electrode terminal electrically connected to the positive electrode current collecting portion; and a negative electrode terminal electrically connected to the negative electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IWANE, Koichi NAKANO, Yusuke FUNADA, Katsunori TAKAHARA, Kiyoshi KUMAGAE, Keisuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220320590
    Abstract: A solid state battery including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode active material in which a spacing d003 of a lattice plane (003) is 4.800 ? or more in a charged state at a positive electrode potential of 4.55 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IWANE, Noriyuki AOKI, Katsunori TAKAHARA, Yusuke FUNADA, Kiyoshi KUMAGAE, Keisuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220069347
    Abstract: A solid-state battery including a solid-state battery laminated body including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; a positive electrode terminal on a first side surface of the solid-state battery laminated body; and a negative electrode terminal on a second side surface of the solid-state battery laminated body, the second side surface facing the first side surface. In such a solid-state battery, in at least one electrode layer of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, a terminal contact end portion containing an electrode active material is in direct contact with the respective positive or negative electrode terminal, and a thickness of a non-terminal contact end portion in the electrode layer is smaller than a thickness of a central portion of the electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Keisuke Shimizu, Kiyoshi Kumagae, Koichi Nakano, Nobuyuki Iwane, Sumito Shiina, Katsunori Takahara
  • Publication number: 20130034759
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte that contains a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains at least one phosphorus compound selected from the group consisting of phosphine oxide, phosphonic ester, and phosphinic ester, and the phosphine oxide, the phosphonic ester, and the phosphinic ester are phosphorus compounds represented by the following formulae (I), (II), and (III), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120265385
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I) wherein, in the general formula (I), each of R1 to R4 independently represents a group having a hydrocarbon group having at least one aromatic ring and at least one unsaturated bond or a hydrogen atom, provided that at least one of R1 to R4 is a group having a hydrocarbon group having at least one aromatic ring and at least one unsaturated bond; and each of A and B independently represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, or a methylene group, provided that at least one of A and B is a carbonyl group or a sulfonyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Ichiro Yamada, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120021296
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and a polyacid and/or a polyacid compound, and the solvent contains a chain carboxylate with a total carbon number of 4 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Shunsuke Saito, Haruo Watanabe, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20110311886
    Abstract: In one example, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous electrolyte cell are configured to prevent deterioration of the cell capability due to an antioxidant under a high temperature environment with the antioxidant in a small content. In one example, the separator is impregnated with an electrolytic solution. In one example, the electrolytic solution contains a solvent, an electrolyte salt and an antioxidant, the solvent contains a halogenated carbonate ester represented, a content of the halogenated carbonate ester is from 0.1 to 50% by mass, and a content of the antioxidant is from 0.01 to 5,000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Toru Odani, Tadahiko Kubota