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).

  • Publication number: 20170033359
    Abstract: A secondary battery in which the difference between the voltage at the time of discharging and the voltage at the time of charging is small, ensuring good energy efficiency, and the charge/discharge life is long. Therefore, in order to attain the above-described object, a secondary battery containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode contains, as the active material, at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal ion-containing fluoride, a metal oxide, a metal sulfide, a metal nitride, and a metal phosphide; the electrolytic solution contains an anion receptor; and the anion receptor forms a salt or a complex with an anion contained in the active material, thereby enabling the active material to dissolve in the electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zempachi OGUMI, Toshiro HIRAI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI, Hideyuki HORINO, Ken-ichi OKAZAKI, Yukinori KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170018795
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery which allows a larger capacity of the battery. Solving the problem by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery including a fluoride salt and a solvent to dissolve the fluoride salt, characterized in that the solvent is an aromatic material having an aromatic cation and an anion, and a molar ratio of the aromatic cation to a fluoride ion is more than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI
  • Patent number: 9490501
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a fluoride ion battery includes: a fluoride salt; and an alcohol material that has one OH group, and in which a molar ratio of the alcohol material is more than 1 with respect to fluoride ions of the fluoride salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Jun-ichi Yamaki
  • Publication number: 20160294009
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery with high activity for fluoridating an active material. The present invention solves the problem by providing an electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery comprising a fluoride complex salt as at least one of LiPF6 and LiBF4, and an organic solvent; and B/A is 0.125 or more in the case where a substance amount of the organic solvent is regarded as A (mol) and a substance amount of the fluoride complex salt is regarded as B (mol).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20160285128
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Toru MATSUI, Akiyoshi NAKATA, Toshiro HIRAI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20160285129
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluoride ion conducting electrolyte solution which can improve ionic conductivity includes a step of heating a fluoride and/or a solvent when the fluoride and the solvent are mixed, wherein a heating temperature at the step is lower than a temperature at which the solvent decomposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Jun-ichi YAMAKI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20160261003
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery, in which fluoride anion conductivity is imparted to an ionic liquid containing fluoride complex anions. The present invention solves the problem by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery, which comprises an ionic liquid containing specific fluoride complex anions and an anion acceptor having a specific acceptor number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20160233547
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Toru MATSUI, Toshiro HIRAI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20160204471
    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: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20160164151
    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: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Tadashi KAKEYA, Akiyoshi NAKATA, Toshiro HIRAI, Hajime ARAI, Junichi YAMAKI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20160087308
    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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20160043440
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20160043439
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamoto, Zempachi Ogumi, Takeshi Abe
  • Patent number: 9196907
    Abstract: An air electrode (6) for a metal-air battery includes an air electrode catalyst, an electrolyte for air electrodes and a; conductive material. The electrolyte for air electrodes contains a layered double hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zempachi Ogumi, Kohei Miyazaki, Koji Nishio, Yukinari Kotani
  • Publication number: 20150325883
    Abstract: The present application provides an electrochemical energy storage device with a desirable reaction reversibility by using a metal halide as an electrode active material. The electrochemical energy storage device disclosed herein includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte in contact with the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein: at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode contains a metal halide as an electrode active material; and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains, as a solvent, an ionic liquid of which a component is a cation having an alkoxyalkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Toru MATSUI, Koji SUTO, Toshiro HIRAI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20150303522
    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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150303514
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a fluoride ion battery includes: a fluoride salt; and an alcohol material that has one OH group, and in which a molar ratio of the alcohol material is more than 1 with respect to fluoride ions of the fluoride salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMOTO, Zempachi OGUMI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150255830
    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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Toru MATSUI, Toshiro HIRAI, Jun-ichi YAMAKI, Zempachi OGUMI
  • Publication number: 20150214549
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electrode cell which is, when used in a battery, able to improve cycle characteristics of the battery, and a battery including the electrode cell. Presented is an electrode cell including at least an electrode active material layer and an electrolyte layer, wherein the electrode active material layer contains at least one electrode active material selected from the group of: vanadium(III) chloride, lead(II) chloride, tungsten(II) chloride, nickel(II) chloride, vanadium, lead, tungsten and nickel, and wherein the electrolyte layer contains an electrolyte containing aluminum(III) chloride and an ionic liquid that contains a chloride ion and organic onium cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Koji Suto, Katsunori Nakaya, Zempachi Ogumi, Toshiro Hirai, Akiyoshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20140242474
    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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Matsui, Zempachi Ogumi, Toshiro Hirai, Akiyoshi Nakata