| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090087731 | Lithium secondary battery - A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer disposed on a positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode binder and a positive electrode active material containing a layered lithium-transition metal composite oxide; a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode active material containing particles of silicon and/or a silicon alloy; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. Al | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100266902 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON PARTICLES FOR ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE - This invention provides a negative electrode material for a rechargeable battery with a nonaqueous electrolyte, characterized in that the negative electrode material contains polycrystalline silicon particles as an active material, the particle diameter of crystallites of the polycrystalline silicon is not less than 20 nm and not more than 100 nm in terms of a crystallite size determined by the Scherrer method from the full width at half maximum of a diffraction line attributable to Si (111) around 2θ=28.4° in an x-ray diffraction pattern analysis, and the true specific gravity of the silicon particles is 2.300 to 2.320. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110011456 | PHOTOSENSITIZER AND SOLAR CELL USING THE SAME - A photosensitizer attaining high incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency and having long durability life and a solar cell using the photosensitizer are provided. A solar cell | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110023932 | PHOTOSENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND PHOTOSENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE - A photosensitized solar cell characterized in that at least a catalyst layer | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110051127 | REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURING APPARATUS - By using two probe optical systems for measurement by disposing the probe optical systems with a test object sandwiched therebetween, an optical path length of light transmitted through the test object which is identified locally is calculated using an interference signal thereof. In addition, a geometrical thickness of the same part is calculated by measuring positions of the probe optical systems, whereby two calculated values are obtained. Based on the values and a calculated value for a reference object, a refractive index distribution of the test object is obtained. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110197948 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE - Disclosed are a dye-sensitized solar cell and a dye-sensitized solar cell module that suppress a decrease in photoelectric conversion efficiency caused by dye adsorption to an insulation layer. The dye-sensitized solar cell is characterized by having a stacked structure wherein an electroconductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer formed of a porous semiconductor layer into which a dye is absorbed, a porous insulation layer, a catalyst layer, and a counter-electrode electroconductive layer are stacked in this order on a light-transmissive support body, with an insulation cover part that is comprised of a material which differs from that of the porous insulation layer formed on at least a part of or on all of the surface of the porous insulation layer. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120042930 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE - A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising at least a catalyst layer; a porous insulating layer containing an electrolyte in the inside; a porous semiconductor layer adsorbing a sensitizing dye and containing an electrolyte in the inside; and a second conductive layer laminated on a first conductive layer, wherein a contact face between the porous insulating layer or the porous semiconductor layer and the catalyst layer or the second conductive layer laminated adjacent to each other has an uneven form with a surface roughness coefficient Ra in a range of 0.05 to 0.3 μm. | 02-23-2012 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090214938 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090246632 | Lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same - A lithium secondary battery contains a negative electrode binder containing a polyimide resin having a structure represented by the following chemical formula (1), and the polyimide resin having a molecular weight distribution such that the weight ratio of a polyimide resin having a molecular weight of less than 100,000 and a polyimide resin having a molecular weight from 100,000 to less than 200,000 is from 50:50 to 90:10: | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100081063 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte dissolving a solute in a non-aqueous solvent wherein the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing powdered silicon and/or silicon alloy and a binding agent, and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains a fluorinated cyclic carbonate represented by a general formula (1) below, and wherein when Li storage volume per unit area in the negative electrode during charging is determined as A and the theoretical maximum Li storage volume per unit area in the negative electrode is determined as B, a utilizing rate (%) of negative electrode as expressed by (A/B)×100 is 45% or less. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110217577 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The electrode assembly is made by winding a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator interposed between the negative and positive electrodes. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material that is alloyed with lithium. The non-aqueous electrolyte is impregnated in the electrode assembly. At least one of the negative and positive electrodes is divided into a plurality of electrode units which are arranged at spaces for each other along the winding direction. | 09-08-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080202585 | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Module - The present invention aims to improve the photoelectric current of a dye-sensitized solar cell module and produce a high power dye-sensitized solar cell. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080308155 | Photoelectrode, and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Module Using the Same - A photoelectrode has a conductive substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the conductive substrate, the semiconductor layer being formed of semiconductor particles, the semiconductor layer having a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers being different in an average particle diameter of semiconductor particles from one another, a distal layer of the plurality of layers, placed at a location farther from the substrate, covering at least a part of side faces of a proximal layer of the plurality of layers, placed at a location closer to the substrate. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100012166 | DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE - A dye-sensitized solar cell formed by layering a conductive layer; a photoelectric conversion layer in which a dye is adsorbed in a porous semiconductor layer and the layer is filled with a carrier transporting material; and a counter electrode including only a counter electrode conductive layer or including a catalyst layer and a counter electrode conductive layer on a support made of a light transmitting material,
| 01-21-2010 |
| 20100024875 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A dye-sensitized solar cell module which is characterized by providing a pair of opposed substrates | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100071743 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A dye-sensitized solar cell module comprising: a plurality of electrically series-connected solar cells having a first conductive layer formed on an insulating substrate; a photoelectric conversion device formed on the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer formed on the photoelectric conversion device, wherein the photoelectric conversion device has a photoelectric conversion layer having a porous semiconductor layer adsorbing a dye, a carrier transporting layer and a catalyst layer and the dye-sensitized solar cell module is characterized in that the second conductive layer of the above-described one solar cell contacts the first conductive layer of an adjacent another solar cell and the photoelectric conversion device of the above-described adjacent another solar cell contacts the second conductive layer of the above-described one solar cell. | 03-25-2010 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20110264242 | ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - An operation control apparatus includes a command generation portion that generates a command signal for commanding operation of a control surface, and first and second monitoring portions that monitor an abnormality of operation of first and second control portions, respectively, of the actuator control apparatus. The actuator control apparatus includes first and second control portions that generate a control signal for an actuator for driving the control surface and that are different in design, and a switching unit that switches the connection to the actuator from one of the first and second control portions to the other, when an abnormality is detected by the first and second monitoring portions. Accordingly, it is possible to monitor a generic failure, and realize redundancy enabling control of the overall operation of the actuator, from start to finish, when a generic failure has occurred, thus realizing further simplification and streamlining of the configuration. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110266390 | HYDRAULIC APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT ACTUATORS - A pump unit installed inside a wing, and a panel body constituting part of a wing structure portion forming a surface structure of the wing are provided. The pump unit includes a backup hydraulic pump that can supply pressure oil to an actuator when a loss or reduction occurs in the function of an aircraft central hydraulic power source and an electric motor that drives this pump. Except for at least the panel body, the wing structure portion is formed from fiber reinforced plastics. The panel body is formed of a metallic material. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110278392 | HYDRAULIC APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT ACTUATORS - A pump unit installed inside a wing includes a backup hydraulic pump that can supply pressure oil to an actuator when a loss or reduction occurs in the function of an aircraft central hydraulic power source and an electric motor that drives the pump. A wing structure portion forming the surface structure of the wing is provided with an inlet port and an exhaust port that are formed therethrough. The inlet port is provided so as to be opened and closed by an inlet port opening/closing portion, and the exhaust port is provided so as to be opened and closed by an exhaust port opening/closing portion. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110290353 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ACTUATORS - An electric motor drives a variable capacity backup hydraulic pump that can supply pressure oil to an actuator when a loss or reduction occurs in the function of an aircraft central hydraulic power source. A power source unit rectifies electric power supplied from a variable frequency supply. A driver supplies the electric power from the power source unit, and drives the electric motor so as to rotate the pump at a predetermined constant rotational speed. The constant rotational speed is set, based on the change in the efficiency of each of the pump, the electric motor, and the driver with respect to the rotational speed of the pump, such that the overall efficiency, obtained as a product of these efficiencies, has a maximum value. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120001021 | AIRCRAFT ACTUATOR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - When a loss or degradation in the function of one of a first aircraft central hydraulic power source and a second aircraft central hydraulic power source occurs, a controller performs a control so as to operate the other backup hydraulic pump, out of a first backup hydraulic pump and a second backup hydraulic pump, which is connected downstream of the other hydraulic power source, which is the other of the first and second aircraft central hydraulic power sources. Oil flowing through the other backup hydraulic pump is cooled by an oil cooler of the other hydraulic power source by operation of the other backup hydraulic pump in a state where the other hydraulic power source is being operated. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120029859 | DAMPING TEST METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The control apparatus acquires an ideal velocity characteristic of a control surface, and the temperature of pressure oil of the actuator to be tested and the operating speed of the control surface when the actuator is attached to the control surface. The control apparatus corrects the ideal velocity characteristic of the control surface by using the pressure oil temperature and the control surface operating speed. The control apparatus sets an upper limit and a lower limit by using a predicted value for a fluctuation range for a fluctuation factor that causes a fluctuation of the control surface operating speed, with reference to the corrected ideal velocity characteristic, measures the pressure oil temperature and the operating speed by actuating the control surface, with the actuator to be tested placed in a damping mode, and determines whether the measured value falls within the range between the upper limit and the lower limit. | 02-02-2012 |