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20080260430 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE CARRIER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a first developer containing chamber, a second developer containing chamber, a first inflow section, a second inflow section, a first conveyance member and a second conveyance member. The first inflow section allows the developer to flow from the second developer containing chamber into the first developer containing chamber. The second inflow section allows the developer to flow from the first developer containing chamber into the second developer containing chamber. The first conveyance member conveys the developer contained in the first developer containing chamber in a first developer conveyance direction. The second conveyance member conveys the developer contained in the second developer containing chamber in a second developer conveyance direction. In a range corresponding to the first inflow section, an area of a cross section, perpendicular to the second developer conveyance direction, of the second developer containing chamber decreases along the second developer conveyance direction. | 10-23-2008 |
20090047041 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND CONTACT-RETRACTING METHOD - The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image carrier; an exposure member that exposes the image carrier and forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developing member that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier; and a contact-retracting unit that rotates the developing member taking a predetermined position as the rotational center, and brings the developing member in contact with or proximity to the image carrier or retracts the developing member from the image carrier. | 02-19-2009 |
20090074468 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes: a developer carrier; a first housing chamber; a second housing chamber; a first inflow portion; a first conveying member; a second conveying member; and a concentration detecting member. | 03-19-2009 |
20090129820 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a development apparatus including: a first developer storage container and a second developer storage container that store developer, having a first a and second openings, respectively; a first transport member provided within the first developer storage container, and that causes the developer to move to the second developer storage container via the first opening; a second transport member provided within the second developer storage container, and that causes the developer to move to the first developer storage container via the second opening; a developer holding member that performs development by causing the developer to move to a position facing an image holding body on which a latent image is formed; and a moving member provided so as to fit between an inner wall face of the second developer storage container and an outer edge of the second transport member. | 05-21-2009 |
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20090110945 | Adhesive and Laminate Prepared Using the Adhesive - It is an object of the invention to provide a carbodiimide modified polyolefin adhesive having excellent adhesive strength in a room temperature atmosphere and excellent adhesive strength in a high temperature atmosphere even in continuously molding with a practical molding machine. An adhesive (D), i.e., a carbodiimide modified polyolefin adhesive of the present invention which can solve the above problem is obtainable by allowing a polyolefin (A) having a group capable of reacting with a carbodiimide group to react with a carbodiimide group-containing compound (B) in the presence of an unmodified polyolefin (C) and having a ratio of a peak intensity at 2130 to 2140 cm | 04-30-2009 |
20100183881 | Laminate - In a coextrusion molding method, a laminate having excellent interlaminar adhesion strength with a fluorocopolymer is provided, and also a laminate which can be used more than enough even at high temperatures or in applications where the laminate comes into contact with oil, gasoline or the like by controlling various properties of the adhesive layer is provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20100311892 | AID FOR FILLER-REINFORCED RESINS, FILLER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide an aid for filler-reinforced resins, a filler-reinforced resin composition comprising the aid for filler-reinforced resins, and a molded article formed from the filler-reinforced resin composition. The above aid for filler-reinforced resins is capable of improving reinforcing properties and dispersibility of the filler in the filler-reinforced resin composition, and when the filler-reinforced resin composition is formed into a molded article, the aid for filler-reinforced resins enables the molded article to have superior mechanical characteristics, such as an impact resistance and a flexural strength. The present invention provides an aid (C) for filler-reinforced resins which is a modified polyolefin obtained by a reaction between a polyolefin resin (A) having a group reactive with a carbodiimide group and a compound (B) having a carbodiimide group, in which the content of the carbodiimide group to 100 g of the modified polyolefin is 1 to 200 mmol; a filler-reinforced resin composition comprising the aid (C) for filler-reinforced resins, a polypropylene-based resin (F), and a filler (G); and a molded article formed by molding the resin composition. | 12-09-2010 |
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20090077650 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: a connecting section; an information storage; a request accepting section; a searching section; a setting information storage; a determining section; and a process executing section. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information. | 03-26-2009 |
20090091782 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming device includes an image forming section, a connection section, a request receiving section, an illegality detection section, a notice section and a web page creation section. The image forming section performs image formation on a medium. The connection section communicates with an information processing device. The request receiving section receives a request from the information processing device through the connection section. The illegality detection section detects an illegal access to the request receiving section through the connection section. The notice section notifies, to the information processing device, a detection result by the illegality detection section through the connection section. | 04-09-2009 |
20090094241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a lock section, a creation section, a transmission section, a reception section, and a release section. The lock section disables an authorization function of the information processing device under a given condition. The creation section creates a first lock release file so that releasing the function due to the lock section. The transmission section transmits the first lock release file created by the creation section to the information management device. The reception section receives a second lock release file which is transmitted as a reply from the information management device based on the first lock release file. The release section tries to enable the authorization function of the information processing device when the second lock release file is judged to be valid. | 04-09-2009 |
20140347698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110002689 | OPTICAL OFDM RECEIVER, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, SUBCARRIER SEPARATION CIRCUIT, AND SUBCARRIER SEPARATION METHOD - A high-performance optical OFDM receiver is realized. A subcarrier separation circuit receives an optical OFDM signal consisting of two subcarriers A and B and separates a subcarrier component, signal light and first local oscillator light are input to the subcarrier separation circuit, the subcarrier separation circuit converts the signal light and the first local oscillator into a baseband electrical signal, the subcarrier separation circuit converts the baseband electrical signal into a digital signal, the subcarrier separation circuit shifts the frequency of the converted digital signal so that a center frequency of the subcarrier A becomes zero, and the subcarrier separation circuit adds a frequency shifted signal to a signal obtained by delaying the frequency shifted signal by ½ of a symbol time to separate a component of the subcarrier A. | 01-06-2011 |
20110129041 | RECEIVER DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiver device receives a signal inputted to one or a plurality of ports as a plurality of received signals, and includes: a phase offset estimating unit that, on the basis of a unique word of each signal block contained in said received signal, estimates the phase offset, and a phase offset compensating unit that, on the basis of a phase offset estimated by said phase offset estimating unit, compensates the phase offset; the receiver device uses a known signal component (unique word) contained in a frequency-domain equalized signal to compensate the phase offset, whereby it compensates complex phase offset fluctuation, and estimates the phase offset of a signal obtained at each port. | 06-02-2011 |
20120070159 | SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT, OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - To enable signal position detection, frequency offset compensation, clock offset compensation, and chromatic dispersion amount estimation in a communication system based on coherent detection using an optical signal, even on a signal having a great offset in an arrival time depending on a frequency due to chromatic dispersion. An optical signal transmitting apparatus generates specific frequency band signals having power concentrated on two or more specific frequencies and transmits a signal including the specific frequency band signals. An optical signal receiving apparatus converts a received signal into a digital signal, detects positions of the specific frequency band signals from the converted digital signal, estimates frequency positions of the detected specific frequency band signals, and detects a frequency offset between an optical signal receiving apparatus and an optical signal transmitting apparatus. Moreover, the optical signal receiving apparatus detects a clock offset between the optical signal receiving apparatus and the optical signal transmitting apparatus from an interval between the estimated frequency positions of the specific frequency band signals. Furthermore, the optical signal receiving apparatus estimates temporal positions of the detected specific frequency band signals and detects a chromatic dispersion amount from a difference between the temporal positions of the specific frequency band signals corresponding to different frequencies. | 03-22-2012 |
20120099864 | CHROMATIC DISPERSION VALUE CALCULATING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND CHROMATIC DISPERSION VALUE CALCULATION METHOD - In order to compensate for chromatic dispersion caused by optical fiber transmission in a communication system with coherent detection using optical signals, specific frequency band signals are used to enable estimation of a chromatic dispersion value. The chromatic dispersion value calculating apparatus is provided with: a signal distributing circuit which distributes, into a plurality of signal sequences, an electrical digital signal converted from received optical signals of an optical signal transmitted by an optical signal transmitting apparatus, in which a known signal with concentrated frequency components of a plurality of specific frequencies is appended to a signal generated from a transmission data sequence; a plurality of frequency band pass filter circuits, each of which separating only each of a plurality of specific frequency components in which the known signal is included from each of the signal sequences distributed by the signal distributing circuit, and passing each of the specific frequency components therethrough; a plurality of power calculating circuits which are provided so as to correspond respectively to the plurality of frequency band pass filter circuits and which calculate power values of signals output from the corresponding frequency band pass filter circuits; a delay time calculating circuit which detects times at which power has the maximum value or times at which the power exceeds a predetermined threshold value, respectively from signal sequences of the power values output from the plurality of power calculating circuits, and which compares the detected times; and a chromatic dispersion value calculating circuit which calculates a chromatic dispersion value based on a comparison result of the times by the delay time calculating circuit. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106618 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING FREQUENCY DOMAIN MULTIPLEXED SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING FREQUENCY DOMAIN MULTIPLEXED SIGNAL - A frequency domain multiplexed signal receiving method which decodes received signals that are multiplexed in a frequency domain, includes: a digital signal acquisition step of acquiring digital signals from the received signals that are multiplexed in the frequency domain; an offset discrete Fourier transform step of applying an offset discrete Fourier transform to odd discrete point numbers based on the acquired digital signals; and a decode step of decoding frequency domain digital signals in the frequency domain obtained by the offset discrete Fourier transform, and that are the frequency domain digital signals of one or more frequency channels. | 05-03-2012 |
20120315043 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTER APPARATUS, AND RECEIVER DEVICE - A polarization state of a transmission signal can be changed at a high speed based on a symbol-rate By switching a first switch, a second switch, and a third switch with time, one of an X-polarized wave_I-signal as a Y-polarized wave_I-signal, a signal caused by performing logical inversion for an X-polarized wave_I-signal, an X-polarized wave_Q-signal and a signal caused by logical inversion for an X-polarized wave_Q-signal is input to a second modulator. Further, by switching the first switch, the second switch and the third switch with time, the second modulator is input one of the X-polarized wave_I-signal as the Y-polarized wave_Q-signal, the X-polarized wave_I-signal, the signal caused by performing logical inversion for the X-polarized wave_I-signal, the X-polarized wave_Q-signal and the signal caused by performing logical inversion for the X-polarized wave_Q-signal. Thereby, a polarization state of a transmission signal can be changed at high speed based on a symbol-rate speed. | 12-13-2012 |
20130028595 | FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATING METHOD AND FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATING APPARATUS - When a circuit that calculates a frequency offset using a shape of a frequency spectrum is implemented by hardware, the circuit size can be reduced. A frequency offset estimating method for estimating the difference between a carrier frequency of a reception signal and the frequency of an output signal of a local oscillator includes performing a discrete Fourier transform on a reception signal previously sampled at a predetermined sampling frequency and outputting a frequency spectrum with a plurality of frequency components, calculating an average power of the frequency spectrum, calculating a threshold by adding a predetermined value to the average power or power obtained by multiplying the average power by a constant, performing 1-bit quantization on powers of the frequency components of the frequency spectrum based on the threshold, and calculating a centroid frequency by multiplying frequencies of the frequency components by powers of 1-bit quantized frequency components, calculating the sum of multiplied products, and dividing the sum of the products by the sum of the powers of the 1-bit quantized frequency components of the frequency spectrum. | 01-31-2013 |
20130070874 | FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION APPARATUS, FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - Provided is a frequency offset estimation apparatus that appropriately estimates and compensates for a frequency offset of a received signal when estimating the frequency offset which is the difference between a carrier frequency of the received signal and the frequency of an output signal of a local oscillator. The frequency offset estimation apparatus converts the received signal sampled in advance with a predetermined sampling frequency into a frequency spectrum having N frequency components, limits a frequency band of negative frequency components from 1 to N/2 of the frequency spectrum and a frequency band of positive frequency components from N/2+1 to N of the frequency spectrum, calculates the sum of the squares of the positive frequency components of the frequency spectrum that have been subjected to frequency band limitation and the sum of the squares of the negative frequency components of the frequency spectrum that have been subjected to frequency band limitation to calculate power of the positive frequency components and power of the negative frequency components, and cyclically shifts all frequency components of the frequency spectrum in a frequency domain until the absolute value of a power difference between the power of the positive frequency components and the power of the negative frequency components is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and estimates the frequency offset based on a shift amount until the absolute value is less than or equal to the threshold value. | 03-21-2013 |
20150078762 | SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT, OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - To enable signal position detection, frequency offset compensation, clock offset compensation, and chromatic dispersion amount estimation in a communication system based on coherent detection using an optical signal, even on a signal having a great offset in an arrival time depending on a frequency due to chromatic dispersion. An optical signal transmitting apparatus generates specific frequency band signals having power concentrated on two or more specific frequencies and transmits a signal including the specific frequency band signals. An optical signal receiving apparatus converts a received signal into a digital signal, detects positions of the specific frequency band signals from the converted digital signal, estimates frequency positions of the detected specific frequency band signals, and detects a frequency offset between an optical signal receiving apparatus and an optical signal transmitting apparatus. Moreover, the optical signal receiving apparatus detects a clock offset between the optical signal receiving apparatus and the optical signal transmitting apparatus from an interval between the estimated frequency positions of the specific frequency band signals. Furthermore, the optical signal receiving apparatus estimates temporal positions of the detected specific frequency band signals and detects a chromatic dispersion amount from a difference between the temporal positions of the specific frequency band signals corresponding to different frequencies. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078765 | SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT, OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - To enable signal position detection, frequency offset compensation, clock offset compensation, and chromatic dispersion amount estimation in a communication system based on coherent detection using an optical signal, even on a signal having a great offset in an arrival time depending on a frequency due to chromatic dispersion. An optical signal transmitting apparatus generates specific frequency band signals having power concentrated on two or more specific frequencies and transmits a signal including the specific frequency band signals. An optical signal receiving apparatus converts a received signal into a digital signal, detects positions of the specific frequency band signals from the converted digital signal, estimates frequency positions of the detected specific frequency band signals, and detects a frequency offset between an optical signal receiving apparatus and an optical signal transmitting apparatus. Moreover, the optical signal receiving apparatus detects a clock offset between the optical signal receiving apparatus and the optical signal transmitting apparatus from an interval between the estimated frequency positions of the specific frequency band signals. Furthermore, the optical signal receiving apparatus estimates temporal positions of the detected specific frequency band signals and detects a chromatic dispersion amount from a difference between the temporal positions of the specific frequency band signals corresponding to different frequencies. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110058126 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FINE STRUCTURE ARRANGING SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY ELEMENT - With reference to a direction perpendicular to a direction of forming electrodes to which a voltage can be applied, fine structures are each arranged within ±5 degrees at a substantially even interval, and a semiconductor element is formed by using the fine structures. On an insulating substrate, at least two electrodes are arranged at a predetermined interval, and there are formed one or more fine structure arranging regions, each of which is formed by a unit of the two electrodes. A semiconductor element electrode is made in contact with the plurality of the fine structures, each having two ends in contact with the two electrodes and a length in a longitudinal direction of a nano order to a micron order, and arranged within ±5 degrees with reference to the direction perpendicular to the direction of forming the electrodes. | 03-10-2011 |
20110254043 | ROD-LIKE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - To facilitate electrode connections and achieve a high light emitting efficiency, a rod-like light-emitting device includes a semiconductor core of a first conductivity type having a rod shape, and a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed to cover the semiconductor core. The outer peripheral surface of part of the semiconductor core is exposed. | 10-20-2011 |
20120326181 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND BACKLIGHT - In a light emitting device, one hundred or more bar-like structured light emitting elements ( | 12-27-2012 |
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20130054069 | VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE, VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM, AND AUTOMOBILE - A vehicle driving device is arranged such that in accordance with an instruction signal from the outside, a first battery managing section outputs, to the outside, a signal related to charging/discharging control for a first battery. | 02-28-2013 |
20130083580 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND INVERTER, CONVERTER, AIR CONDITIONER, SOLAR POWER CONTROLLER, AND AUTOMOBILE EMPLOYING SAME - The switching power supply device is provided with a high-withstand voltage first transistor, a first electrode of which being connected to a first node; a low-withstand voltage second transistor, a first electrode of which being connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode of which being connected to a second node; and a drive circuit. Each of the first and second transistors has a parasitic diode connected in the forward direction between the second and first electrodes. The drive circuit, in a case where electrical current is to flow from the first node to the second node, turns on the first and second transistors, and, in a case where electrical current is to flow from the second node to the first node, turns on the first transistor, and turns off the second transistor. | 04-04-2013 |
20130168708 | METHOD FOR DISPOSING FINE OBJECTS, APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING FINE OBJECTS, ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - This method for disposing fine objects, in a substrate preparing step, prepares a substrate having specified positions where fine objects ( | 07-04-2013 |
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20090162751 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery having high power characteristics and excellent life characteristics in which the anode comprises at least carbon as an anode active material, and an SBR latex and a cellulosic viscosity improver as a binder material, the carbon material has an inter layer distance (d | 06-25-2009 |
20100009260 | Anode Material for Lithium Secondary Batteries and Lithium Secondary Batteries - The present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery that realizes to raise an initial charge and discharge efficiency without deteriorating its charge and discharge characteristic in comparison with the conventional technology. | 01-14-2010 |
20110193529 | Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery System - A lithium-ion secondary battery system is provided which can improve the cycle life and the storage property of a lithium-ion secondary battery and can decrease a discharge capacity which cannot be recharged. The lithium-ion secondary battery system includes a lithium-ion secondary battery having a cathode, an anode including carbon, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a charge/discharge circuit for putting the lithium-ion secondary battery on charge according to a charge control parameter; and an arithmetic processing section for controlling the charge/discharge circuit. The arithmetic processing section obtains battery characteristics of the lithium-ion secondary battery, changes a value of the charge control parameter when the arithmetic processing section determines that the battery characteristics satisfies a condition for changing the charge control parameter, and restores the value of the charge control parameter to the value before the change when the charge for the lithium-ion secondary battery is finished. | 08-11-2011 |
20110206988 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion battery which is excellent in properties at large current and can be applied to applications requiring high output power even when the mixture layers are made thick. The present invention provides a lithium ion battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer formed on a current collector, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a current collector and an electrolyte, the positive electrode and the negative electrode being disposed through the intermediary of a separator, wherein the positive electrode includes as a positive electrode active material a lithium composite oxide represented by LiNi | 08-25-2011 |
20110309801 | CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM - In a charging control system for recording data regarding charging a secondary battery, a status recording unit refers the charging voltage value and the charging current value and records the referred charging voltage, the referred charging current and reference time when the charging current value is referred and time when the charging voltage value is referred, on the recording unit. A battery protecting unit stops the charging the secondary battery when the charging voltage exceeds the predetermined target voltage value. The status recording unit starts recording of the charging voltage value, the charging current value, and the reference time on the recording unit, when the charging voltage exceeds the target voltage value as a result of a fail in stopping the charging by the battery protecting unit because of occurrence of a trouble in the battery protecting unit. | 12-22-2011 |
20130059202 | POLYMER-COATED ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a cathode that is capable of occluding and emitting lithium ions, and an anode that is capable of occluding and emitting the lithium ions. A polymer compound containing a polyether portion and a carboxylic acid bonding portion is bonded to an active material as shown with a structure I, a structure II, a structure III, and a structure IV. | 03-07-2013 |
20130069598 | Lithium Ion Battery Control System and Assembled Battery Control System - A lithium ion battery control system includes a degradation rate calculating unit, a degradation rate storage unit, a degradation rate comparing unit, a charging and discharging control circuit, and a rechargeable battery. The degradation rate calculating unit calculates a degradation rate when receiving a trigger for starting the check of the degradation rate of the battery. The degradation rate comparing unit receives a present degradation rate from the degradation rate calculating unit and a previous degradation rate from the degradation rate storage unit and compares both degradation rates. As a result, when the present degradation rate is greater than the previous degradation rate by a predetermined value, a charging and discharging condition is limited. | 03-21-2013 |
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20140329117 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE WOUND TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - A method of simultaneously preventing expansion of a battery can and distortion of an electrode winding body is disclosed. A non-aqueous electrolyte wound type secondary battery includes an electrode winding body including a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separator between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet, a support member which is inside the electrode winding body and around which the electrode winding body is wound, and a battery can which contains the electrode winding body and the support member. The positive electrode sheet includes a positive electrode layer and a positive electrode lead part. The negative electrode sheet includes a negative electrode layer and a negative electrode lead part. An inside of a corner of the electrode winding body is supported by the support member. A gap is provided inside the lead part of the electrode winding body and inside the support member. | 11-06-2014 |
20150125752 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Conventionally, there is a problem that a volume of a negative electrode active material changes during a charge-discharge cycle, a conductive network in a negative electrode gradually degrades, and thus a capacity of the negative electrode decreases. To solve the problem, the present invention has an object to prevent a reduction in capacity of the negative electrode, and increase life of a lithium ion secondary battery. A negative electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery includes: a graphite core material; and a covering layer that covers a surface of the core material, wherein the covering layer has a thickness of 1 nm to 200 nm, and has a bulk modulus lower than a bulk modulus of the core material. | 05-07-2015 |
20150207146 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES - Provided is a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which has excellent high-temperature storage characteristics and cycle characteristics. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery has a high molecular weight polymer adsorbed on a carbon material, the O/C value of surface functional group quantity is 4.5% or more and 25% or less in the negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, and the S/C value of surface functional group quantity is 0.05% or more and 2.5% or less in the negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery. Also provided are a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, lithium ion secondary battery, and methods for producing the negative electrode material, the negative electrode, and the battery. | 07-23-2015 |
20150349341 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A reduction in irreversible capacity is attained without degrading other battery characteristics. A negative electrode material, a negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, a lithium ion secondary battery, and a manufacturing method thereof, the negative electrode material containing a carbonaceous material, in which the interplanar spacing (d | 12-03-2015 |
20150357632 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery having a negative electrode having a novel structure in which the metal content is increased as compared to the past and the capacity density of the negative electrode is increased, and the lithium occlusion capacity of the metal is not decreased by repeated charge and discharge. In order to achieve this object, the negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is characterized by being composed of a mixture of graphite particles capable of occluding and emitting lithium ions and particles containing metal, wherein the average particle diameter of the particles containing metal during discharge is 1/2000 to 1/10 of that of the graphite particles, the graphite particles have an average particle diameter during discharge of 2 μm to 20 μm, and addition ratio by weight of the particles containing metal is 10% to 50%. | 12-10-2015 |