Patents by Inventor Zempachi Ogumi

Zempachi Ogumi 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).

  • Patent number: 9972875
    Abstract: An alkaline storage battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing, as an active material, at least one of a metal capable of forming dendrites and a metal compound thereof, and an alkaline electrolyte solution, wherein a compound having a primary amino group and having no carboxyl group is contained in the alkaline electrolyte solution in an amount greater than or equal to 7% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: GS Yuasa International Ltd., KYORO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tadashi Kakeya, Akiyoshi Nakata, Toshiro Hirai, Hajime Arai, Junichi Yamaki, Zempachi Ogumi
  • Patent number: 9954250
    Abstract: The present invention aims to a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery having high stability with respect to a fluoride ion. The present invention attains the object by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising: a fluoride salt; an alkali metal amide salt having an alkali metal cation and an amide anion; and a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9954246
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery in which lowering of reactivity of a Li ion and an electrode active material due to a glyme is suppressed. In the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery comprising: a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10); a Li amide salt having a Li ion and a sulfonylamide anion; and a fluoride salt represented by XF (in which X represents Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9935338
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery allowing a reaction between an active material and a fluoride ion. By providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising: a fluoride salt; and a sulfonium compound having a cation in which R1, R2, and R3 (R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group) are bound to the S element, and an anion, wherein the molar ratio of the cation relative to the total of the cation and the fluoride ion (S+/(S++F?)) is 0.96 or more, the present invention achieves the aforementioned object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9899706
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a fluoride ion battery includes: a fluoride salt; and a solvent for dissolving the fluoride salt, in which the solvent is an ether-containing material having a cation and an anion, and in the cation, an ether group represented by —CH2—O—R (where R represents an alkyl group or a fluoroalkyl group) binds to a cation central element which is N or P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Jun-ichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 9882246
    Abstract: An electrochemical energy storing device disclosed herein includes a positive electrode containing a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which is in contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive-electrode active material in a discharged state contains at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal chloride, an alkaline-earth metal chloride, and a quaternary alkylammonium chloride. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains, as a solvent, an ionic liquid including cations having an alkoxyalkyl group as a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toru Matsui, Toshiro Hirai, Jun-ichi Yamaki, Zempachi Ogumi
  • Publication number: 20170352921
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery in which decomposition of a solvent is restrained. The present disclosure attains the object by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising a plurality of carbonate-based solvents and a fluoride salt, wherein the plurality of carbonate-based solvents contain: i) only propylene carbonate (PC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ii) only ethylene carbonate (EC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), or iii) only ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20170352887
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode layer for a fluoride ion battery in which decomposition of a binder is restrained. The present disclosure attains the object by providing an anode layer to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the anode layer comprising an anode active material and a non-fluorine-based binder having aromaticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Masao ICHIKAWA, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20170352875
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a secondary battery system that functions at high voltage. The present disclosure attains the object by providing a secondary battery system comprising: a fluoride ion battery including a cathode active material layer, an anode active material layer, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and a controlling portion that controls charging and discharging of the fluoride ion battery; wherein the cathode active material layer contains a cathode active material with a crystal phase that has a Perovskite layered structure and is represented by An+1BnO3n+1-?Fx (A comprises at least one of an alkali earth metal element and a rare earth element; B comprises at least one of Mn, Co, Ti, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, V, Ni, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Pd, W, Re, Bi, and Sb; “n” is 1 or 2; “?” satisfies 0???3.5; and “x” satisfies 0?x?5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hidenori MIKI, Zempachi OGUMI, Yoshiharu UCHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170346316
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a secondary battery system that functions at high voltage. The present disclosure attains the object by providing a secondary battery system comprising: a hybrid ion battery provided with a cathode active material layer having a cathode active material that contains a metal element capable of taking two kinds or more of a positive valence, an anode active material layer having an anode active material that contains a metal element capable of taking a valence of +2 or more, and an electrolyte layer containing an alkali metal ion and fluoride anion, and formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and a controlling portion that controls charging and discharging of the hybrid ion battery; wherein the controlling portion controls discharging so that a potential of the cathode active material includes a potential range higher than 0.23 V (vs. SHE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Patent number: 9812264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-capacity electrochemical energy storage device in which a conversion reaction proceeds as the oxidation-reduction reaction, and the separation (hysteresis) between the electrode potentials for oxidation and reduction is small. The electrochemical energy storage device includes a first electrode including a first active material, a second electrode including a second active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte interposed between the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first and second active materials is a metal salt having a polyatomic anion and a metal ion, and the metal salt is capable of oxidation-reduction reaction involving reversible release and acceptance of the polyatomic anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Matsui, Zempachi Ogumi, Toshiro Hirai, Akiyoshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 9755276
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery with improved fluoride ion stability. By providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising a fluoride salt and a diol compound in which one or two ether bonds are disposed between two OH groups, the present invention achieves the aforementioned object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9742035
    Abstract: An exemplary electrochemical energy storage device includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte salt represented by Li(XSO2NSO2Y) (where X and Y are any of F, CnF2n+1 and (CF2)m, and (CF2)m forms a cyclic imide anion), an organic solvent which is capable of dissolving the electrolyte salt, and a polyethylene glycol of which both terminals are not OH. The positive electrode active material includes a chloride of Cu, Bi or Ag, and the negative electrode active material includes lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toru Matsui, Akiyoshi Nakata, Toshiro Hirai, Jun-ichi Yamaki, Zempachi Ogumi
  • Publication number: 20170237067
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an active material that has a favorable cycle property. The present invention achieves the object by providing an active material to be used for a fluoride ion battery comprising a crystal phase having a layered perovskite structure, and represented by An+1BnO3n+1??Fx (A is composed of at least one of an alkaline earth metal element and a rare earth element; B is composed of at least one of Mn, Co, Ti, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, V, Ni, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Pd, W, Re, Bi, and Sb; “n” is 1 or 2; “?” satisfies 0???2; and “x” satisfies 0?x?2.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hidenori MIKI, Zempachi OGUMI, Yoshiharu UCHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9716292
    Abstract: An exemplary electrochemical energy storage device includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including LiCl, at least one of Li(XSO2NSO2Y) (where X and Y are any of F, CnF2n+1 and (CF2)m, and (CF2)m forms a cyclic imide anion) and LiBF4, and at least one of tetrahydrofuran and a polyethylene glycol of which both terminals are alkyl groups, the non-aqueous electrolytic solution being in contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a chloride of Cu, Bi or Ag, or the negative electrode active material includes magnesium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toru Matsui, Toshiro Hirai, Jun-ichi Yamaki, Zempachi Ogumi
  • Publication number: 20170104237
    Abstract: An electrolytic: solution for electrochemical devices includes: a salt consisting of a bifluoride anion and a cation.; a compound containing boron; and an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIBUTANI, Takeshi ABE, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20170077521
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide an anode current collector that is capable of inhibiting the reaction with liquid electrolyte. The present invention achieves the object by providing an anode current collector to be used for a fluoride ion battery; and the anode current collector being a simple substance of Fe, Mg, or Ti, or an alloy containing one or more of these metal elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20170062805
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluoride ion battery in which excess voltage at the time of charging is decreased. The present invention achieves the object by providing a fluoride ion battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; wherein the anode active material is an alloy containing at least a Ce element and a Pb element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Hidenori MIKI, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20170033351
    Abstract: An alkaline storage battery contains: a positive electrode; a negative electrode containing, as an active material, at least one of a metal capable of forming a dendrite and a metal compound thereof; and an alkaline electrolyte. The alkaline electrolyte contains a compound which is a chain saturated hydrocarbon at least partially having a hydrophilic functional group other than a hydroxyl group and having a molecular weight of 400 or more and less than 220000 in an amount of less than 15 g per 100 mL of the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tadashi KAKEYA, Akiyoshi NAKATA, Hajime ARAI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20170033345
    Abstract: A storage battery includes a negative electrode including, as an active material, at least one of a metal capable of forming a dendrite and a metal compound thereof, a positive electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte containing an additive. In the storage battery, a concentration of the additive in the electrolyte in a region on a side of the negative electrode defined by the separator is higher than a concentration of the additive in a region on a side of the positive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tadashi KAKEYA, Kenichi SAITO, Akiyoshi NAKATA, Hajime ARAI, Zempachi OGUMI