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Kenichi Nishimura

Kenichi Nishimura, Wakayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100230641METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM BATTERY - The present invention provides a method for producing a composite material for positive electrodes of lithium batteries which is particularly excellent in high-rate discharge characteristics. The method for producing a composite material for positive electrodes of lithium batteries, contains: a dispersing step of dispersing at least the positive electrode active material and the conductive material 1 in a solvent to be in a forcibly dispersed state; and a composite particle-forming step of obtaining composite particles containing the positive electrode active material and the conductive material 1 by a process for agglutinating the conductive material 1 together with the positive electrode active material in the solvent or by a process for removing the solvent.09-16-2010

Kenichi Nishimura, Tokyo JP

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20100066796PRINTER - A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance.03-18-2010
20100097667IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle.04-22-2010
20100117031METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR BATTERY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a battery, which can realize easy regulation of pore size in porosity formation of a positive electrode active material and is less likely to undergo hindrance of ion conduction caused by residues and, thus, can realize excellent high-rate discharge characteristics, and a method for producing a composition for a battery using the positive electrode active material for the battery. The method for producing a positive electrode active material for a battery of the present invention is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a battery, including: a step 1 of firing a mixture of a raw material for the positive electrode active material and carbon particles to remove the carbon particles; and a step 2 of milling and classifying a fired body obtained in the step 1.05-13-2010
20100119945POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL SINTERED BODY FOR BATTERY - The positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery of the present invention is a positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery satisfying the following requirements (I) to (VII): (I) fine particles in a positive electrode active material are sintered to constitute the sintered body; (II) a peak pore diameter which provides a maximum differential pore volume value in a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 μm in a pore distribution is 0.3 to 5 μm; (III) a total pore volume is 0.1 to 1 cc/g; (IV) an average particle diameter is not less than the peak pore diameter and not more than 20 μm; (V) any peak, which provides a differential pore volume value of not less than 10% of the maximum differential pore volume value, is not present on a smaller pore diameter side than the peak pore diameter in the pore distribution; (VI) a BET specific surface area is 1 to 6 m05-13-2010
20100150542IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS - An image pick-up apparatus that enables to be taken out from a pocket and the like quickly, to be held certainly, and to be operated easily by a user. An image pick-up unit takes a picture of a subject. An operation unit is operated to instruct about an image-pickup operation by the image pick-up unit. A strap mount is tightly connected to a strap, which is provided with a strap body that is an elastic string and a rigid fitting part fixed to at least one end of the strap body, and arranged at one or more positions of the image pick-up apparatus. The connected strap serves as a gripping part when operating the operation unit.06-17-2010
20110203599SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON MONOXIDE REDUCING AGENT - A smoking article includes a carbon monoxide reducing agent including particles including a calcium aluminate represented by the formula (CaO)08-25-2011

Kenichi Nishimura, Wakayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100140554COMPOSITE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND BATTERY USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a composite positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries, which especially enables to achieve excellent high-rate discharge characteristics in a battery. Also disclosed are a slurry, positive electrode and battery using such a composite positive electrode material. Specifically disclosed is a composite positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries, which contains a positive electrode active material (a), a conductive substance (b) having a primary particle diameter of 10-100 nm and/or a fibrous conductive substance (c) having a fiber diameter of from 1 nm to 1 μm, and a conductive substance (d) having an aspect ratio of 2-50. This composite positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries is obtained by mixing the conductive substance (d) with a composition containing the positive electrode active material (a), the conductive substance (b) and/or the conductive substance (c), which composition is obtained by dispersing the positive electrode active material (a), the conductive substance (b) and/or the conductive substance (c) in a solvent to a state where they are forcibly dispersed, and then agglutinating them.06-10-2010

Kenichi Nishimura, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100078677SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor region of a first semiconductor type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type extended in the first semiconductor region, and a mesa area forming a slope along an outer circumference of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode provided on a first principal surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode provided on a second principal surface of the semiconductor substrate that is opposed to the first principal surface; wherein the second semiconductor region comprises a main region provided in the semiconductor substrate while being brought into contact with the first electrode, the main region including an annular portion and diffused portions arranged in a spread manner in an area surrounded by the annular portion; and wherein a portion of the first semiconductor region is interposed between the diffused portions and between the diffused portions and the annular portion; and the diffused portions are composed of a small pitch region and a large pitch region having a larger pitch than that of the small pitch region.04-01-2010

Kenichi Nishimura, Bibai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090317217WORKPIECE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AUTOMATED TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND WORKPIECE CARRIERS - A conveyance facility system for transporting an appropriate amount of work at a time at an appropriate time to the consumption side area by automatically controlling through a computer control system an automated guided vehicle for allowing a truck that has mounted the work in the supply side area to travel accompanying the vehicle from the supply side area to the consumption side area along the guidance course of the automated guided vehicle, and allowing the empty truck that has unloaded the work in the consumption side area to return to the supply side area. The work conveyance facility system comprises a plurality of work mounting trucks (12-24-2009

Kenichi Nishimura, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110204301PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES FOR BATTERY - A process of producing positive electrode active material particles for a battery, comprising a step of providing a slurry comprising resin particles, a cationic surfactant and/or a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, lithium complex oxide particles, and a polar solvent; removing the polar solvent from the slurry to give a composition; and firing the composition and at the same time, removing the resin particles from the composition, wherein the cationic surfactant is a quaternary ammonium salt, the polyvinyl alcohol derivative is a polyvinyl alcohol into which a quaternary ammonium salt group has been introduced or which has been substituted by a quaternary ammonium salt group, and the resin particles have an average particle size of 0.1 to 20 μm.08-25-2011
20110206990SINTERED LITHIUM COMPLEX OXIDE - A sintered lithium complex oxide characterized in that the sintered lithium complex oxide is constituted by sintering fine particles of a lithium complex oxide, the peak pore size giving the maximum differential pore volume is 0.80-5.00 μm, the total pore volume is 0.10-2.00 mL/g, the average particle size is not less than the above-specified peak pore size but not more than 20 μm, there is a sub-peak giving a differential pore volume not less than 10% of the maximum differential pore volume on the smaller pore size side with respect to the above-specified peak pore size, the pore size corresponding to the sub-peak is more than 0.50 μm but not more than 2.00 μm, the BET specific surface area of the sintered lithium complex oxide is 1.0-10.0 m08-25-2011