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H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy 228
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1.

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER

      
Application Number 18276170
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-04
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okubo, Kazuhiko
  • Osako, Kazutaka
  • Izumi, Kiyoshi

Abstract

The magnetostrictive member is formed of a single crystal of an iron-based alloy having magnetostrictive characteristics, is a plate-like body having a long-side direction and a short-side direction, and has a lattice constant of a <100> orientation in the short-side direction larger than a lattice constant of a <100> orientation in the long-side direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10N 35/85 - Magnetostrictive active materials
  • C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
  • G01L 1/12 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
  • H10N 35/00 - Magnetostrictive devices
  • H10N 35/01 - Manufacture or treatment

2.

SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR FORMING CESIUM TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILM

      
Application Number 18286506
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-21
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING Co., Ltd., (Japan)
Inventor Okami, Hideharu

Abstract

[Object] Provided is a sputtering target that makes it possible to set nCs/nW (film) expressing a ratio of Cs atoms to W atoms in a cesium tungsten oxide film formed by a sputtering method within such a desired range (0.3 or more to 0.36 or less) that the film can exhibit high transmittance in the visible wavelength region and absorption in the near-infrared wavelength region. [Solution] This target contains Cs and W. When [T−S distance] denotes a distance between the target and a substrate for film formation and P denotes a pressure in an atmosphere during film formation by sputtering and nW denotes the number of W atoms and nCs denotes the number of Cs atoms contained in the target, nCs/nW(T) expressing a ratio of Cs atoms to W atoms in the target satisfies the following (Formula 1) with respect to [T−S distance] and P: 0.09/{(−0.00161×[T−S distance]+0.00559)×P+0.346}≤nCs/nW (T)≤0.13/{(−0.00161×[T−S distance]+0.00559)×P+0.346} (Formula 1).

IPC Classes  ?

3.

NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 18524333
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-11-30
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukui, Atsushi
  • Inoue, Katsuya
  • Oda, Shuhei
  • Toya, Hiroyuki

Abstract

Provided are a cathode active material having a suitable particle size and high uniformity, and a nickel composite hydroxide as a precursor of the cathode active material. When obtaining nickel composite hydroxide by a crystallization reaction, nucleation is performed by controlling a nucleation aqueous solution that includes a metal compound, which includes nickel, and an ammonium ion donor so that the pH value at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. becomes 12.0 to 14.0, after which, particles are grown by controlling a particle growth aqueous solution that includes the formed nuclei so that the pH value at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. becomes 10.5 to 12.0, and so that the pH value is lower than the pH value during nucleation. The crystallization reaction is performed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at least in a range after the processing time exceeds at least 40% of the total time of the particle growth process from the start of the particle growth process where the oxygen concentration is 1 volume % or less, and with controlling an agitation power requirement per unit volume into a range of 0.5 kW/m3 to 4 kW/m3 at least during the nucleation process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

4.

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER

      
Application Number 18276174
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-04
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okubo, Kazuhiko
  • Osako, Kazutaka
  • Izumi, Kiyoshi

Abstract

The magnetostrictive member is formed of a single crystal of an iron-based alloy having magnetostrictive characteristics, is a plate-like body having a long-side direction and a short-side direction, and has a lattice constant of a <100> orientation in the long-side direction not larger than a lattice constant average calculated from lattice constants of <100> orientations in three directions, or the long-side direction, the short-side direction, and a direction orthogonal to the long-side direction and the short-side direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10N 35/85 - Magnetostrictive active materials
  • C30B 29/52 - Alloys
  • H01F 1/147 - Alloys characterised by their composition
  • H01F 1/16 - Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of soft-magnetic materials metals or alloys in the form of sheets
  • H01F 41/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for manufacturing cores, coils or magnets
  • H10N 35/01 - Manufacture or treatment

5.

METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL

      
Application Number 18272833
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-14
First Publication Date 2024-03-14
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yamashita, Yu

Abstract

A method capable of inexpensively recovering valuable metals is provided. The method for recovering a valuable metal includes: a preparation step of preparing a charge containing at least lithium (Li) and a valuable metal; an oxidation and reductive melting step of subjecting the charge to an oxidation treatment and a reductive melting treatment to produce a reduced product containing a molten alloy and a slag, the molten alloy containing the valuable metal; and a slag separation step of separating the slag from the reduced product to recover the molten alloy, in which the mole ratio of lithium (Li) to aluminum (Al) (Li/Al ratio) in the slag is 0.15 or more and less than 0.40, and the mole ratio of calcium (Ca) to aluminum (Al) (Ca/Al) in the slag is 0.15 or more.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 1/02 - Roasting processes
  • C22B 1/24 - Binding; Briquetting
  • C22B 5/10 - Dry processes by solid carbonaceous reducing agents
  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

6.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLES, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING LAMINATE

      
Application Number 18262105
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-01
First Publication Date 2024-02-15
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsunematsu, Hirofumi
  • Machida, Keisuke
  • Wakabayashi, Masao
  • Adachi, Kenji

Abstract

With respect to electromagnetic wave absorbing particles that contain a composite oxide, the composite oxide includes an element A that is one or more elements selected from H, an alkali metal, Mg, and an alkaline earth metal, and an element B that is one or more elements selected from V, Nb, and Ta, wherein a relationship of 0.001≤x/y≤1.5 is satisfied when an amount of substance of the element A contained in the composite oxide is x and an amount of substance of the element B is y.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08K 3/22 - Oxides; Hydroxides of metals
  • H05K 9/00 - Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields

7.

LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR SOLAR RADIATION SHIELDING

      
Application Number 18255754
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-20
First Publication Date 2024-02-08
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sako, Mika
  • Chonan, Takeshi

Abstract

Provided is a laminated structure for solar radiation shielding, including: two laminated plates selected from glass plates and plate-shaped plastics; and an intermediate layer provided between the two laminated plates, wherein one or more members selected from the laminated plates and the intermediate layer contain solar radiation shielding function material particles, and the solar radiation shielding function material particles contain particles of a complex tungsten oxide represented by General Formula: MxWyOz (where an element M is one or more elements selected from H, He, alkali metals, alkaline-earth metals, rare-earth elements, Mg, Zr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, B, F, P, S, Se, Br, Te, Ti, Nb, V, Mo, Ta, Re, Be, Hf, Os, Bi, and I, 0.001≤x/y≤1, and 3.0

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 5/20 - Filters
  • B32B 17/10 - Layered products essentially comprising sheet glass, or fibres of glass, slag or the like comprising glass as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin

8.

HEAT RAY SHIELDING RESIN SHEET MATERIAL

      
Application Number 18258958
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-20
First Publication Date 2024-02-08
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Noshita, Akinari
  • Chonan, Takeshi

Abstract

Provided is a heat ray shielding resin sheet material including: near infrared absorbing material particles; and a resin, wherein the near infrared absorbing material particles contain particles of a complex tungsten oxide represented by General Formula: MxWyOz (where an element M is one or more elements selected from H, He, alkali metals, alkaline-earth metals, rare-earth elements, Mg, Zr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, B, F, P, S, Se, Br, Te, Ti, Nb, V, Mo, Ta, Re, Be, Hf, Os, Bi, and I, 0.001≤x/y≤1, and 3.0

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 5/20 - Filters
  • B32B 27/18 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives
  • B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
  • B32B 27/36 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyesters
  • B32B 27/30 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising acrylic resin

9.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17625886
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-30
First Publication Date 2024-01-18
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. Provided is, for example, a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a hexagonal layered structure and configured by secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles, in which the lithium-nickel composite oxide contains lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and optionally an element M1, an amount of substance ratio of the respective elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:M:Ti:Nb=a:(1−x1−y1−b−c):x1:y1:b:c (provided that, 0.97≤a≤1.25, (1−x1−y1−b−c)<0.80, 0.03≤x1≤0.35, 0≤y1≤0.35, 0.005≤b≤0.05, and 0.001c are satisfied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/38 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

10.

FLOTATION METHOD AND FLOTATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18267113
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-24
First Publication Date 2024-01-11
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fujita, Hayato
  • Aoki, Yuji

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flotation method with which a flotation treatment can be efficiently performed even when the substance to undergo flotation is fine mineral particles including particles having a particle diameter of about 25 μμm or less. This is a flotation method that separates and recovers mineral particles through a flotation treatment, wherein mineral particles are floated in a liquid to be processed by using minute air bubbles having an air bubble diameter of 200 μm or less and air bubbles having a diameter larger than the minute air bubbles.

IPC Classes  ?

11.

PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 18030038
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-27
First Publication Date 2024-01-04
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Japan)
Inventor
  • Aida, Taira
  • Yabuuchi, Naoaki

Abstract

A mixing process of mixing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide with lithium phosphate; a milling process of applying mechanical stress to a mixture obtained in the mixing process to form the lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered crystal structure and the lithium phosphate into an amorphous or low-crystalline NiO-like rock-salt type crystal structure; and a heat treatment process of subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment to obtain a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered rock-salt type crystal structure in which lithium phosphate is finely crystallized and dispersed, wherein the lithium-transition metal composite oxide is represented by a general formula: LisNi1-x-y-zCoxMnyMzO2+α, and the crystallized lithium phosphate covers a surface of a primary particle of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, and is dispersed inside or on a surface of a secondary particle of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide having the layered rock-salt type crystal structure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/58 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

12.

SURFACE-TREATED INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE-PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, AND INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE-PARTICLE DISPERSION BODY

      
Application Number 18033154
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-20
First Publication Date 2023-12-07
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsunematsu, Hirofumi
  • Chonan, Takeshi

Abstract

Surface-treated infrared-absorbing fine particles, including: infrared-absorbing fine particles; and a coating film containing a metal oxide hydrate provided so as to coat surfaces of the infrared-absorbing fine particles, wherein a carbon concentration is 5.0% by mass or less as measured by a combustion-infrared absorption method.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09D 5/32 - Radiation-absorbing paints
  • C09D 7/62 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic modified by treatment with other compounds
  • C09C 3/08 - Treatment with low-molecular-weight organic compounds
  • C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers ; Preparation of carbon black

13.

NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLES, NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION BODY, NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING LAMINATE, AND NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING TRANSPARENT BASE MATERIAL

      
Application Number 18248583
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-13
First Publication Date 2023-11-30
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Adachi, Kenji
  • Wakabayashi, Masao
  • Yoshio, Satoshi
  • Tsunematsu, Hirofumi

Abstract

Near-infrared absorbing particles that includes a cesium tungstate is provided. In the near-infrared absorbing particles, the cesium tungstate has a pseudo hexagonal crystal structure modulated to one or more crystal structures selected from orthorhombic crystal, rhombohedral crystal, and cubic crystal. The cesium tungstate is represented by a general formula CsxWyOz, and has a composition within a region surrounded by four straight lines of x=0.6y, z=2.5y, y=5x, and Cs2O:WO3=m:n (m and n are integers) in a ternary composition diagram with Cs, W, and O at each vertex.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 41/00 - Compounds of tungsten
  • C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers ; Preparation of carbon black
  • C09C 3/06 - Treatment with inorganic compounds
  • C09D 7/62 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic modified by treatment with other compounds
  • C09D 7/40 - Additives
  • C09D 5/32 - Radiation-absorbing paints
  • G02B 5/20 - Filters

14.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IRON (Fe)-NICKEL (Ni) ALLOY POWDER

      
Application Number 18031997
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-15
First Publication Date 2023-11-30
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yukinobu, Masaya
  • Shin, Minseob
  • Mizuno, Shiori

Abstract

The method is: a preparation step in which a magnetic metal source, a nucleating agent, a complexing agent, a reducing agent, and a pH adjusting agent are prepared as starting materials; a crystallization step in which a reaction liquid that includes the starting materials and water is prepared, and a crystallized powder that includes the magnetic metals is made to crystallize in the reaction liquid by a reduction reaction; and a recovery step in which the crystallized powder is recovered from the reaction liquid. The magnetic metal source includes a water-soluble iron salt and a water-soluble nickel salt, the nucleating agent is a water-soluble salt of a metal that is more noble than nickel, and the complexing agent is at least one type of substance selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy carboxylic acid, a salt of a hydroxy carboxylic acid, and a derivative of a hydroxy carboxylic acid.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22F 9/24 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with reduction of metal compounds starting from liquid metal compounds, e.g. solutions
  • C22C 19/03 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on nickel
  • C22C 1/04 - Making non-ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
  • C22C 30/00 - Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent
  • C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
  • C22C 38/08 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing nickel
  • B22F 9/04 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling
  • B22F 1/142 - Thermal or thermo-mechanical treatment
  • B22F 1/16 - Metallic particles coated with a non-metal
  • B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
  • H01F 1/147 - Alloys characterised by their composition

15.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 18028347
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-24
First Publication Date 2023-11-23
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, in which the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide has a hexagonal layered structure, a mole number ratio of elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:M:Ti=a:(1-x-y-z):x:y:z, provided that 0.97≤a≤1.25, 0.035≤x≤0.15, 0≤y≤0.15, and 0.01≤z≤0.05, a ratio of a total amount of peak intensities of most intense peaks of a titanium compound to a (003) diffraction peak intensity that is the most intense peak of the hexagonal layered structure is 0.2 or less, a crystallite diameter at (003) plane is 80 nm or more and less than 160 nm, and a specific surface area is 0.7 m2/g or more and 4.0 m2/g or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

16.

PRECURSOR OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF

      
Application Number 18220905
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-07-12
First Publication Date 2023-11-16
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Aida, Taira
  • Toya, Hiroyuki

Abstract

Provided is a precursor of a positive electrode active material containing, in a reduced amount, impurities which do not contribute to a charge/discharge reaction but rather corrode a firing furnace and peripheral equipment and thus having excellent battery characteristics and safety, and production method thereof. Provided is a precursor of a positive electrode active material containing, in a reduced amount, impurities which do not contribute to a charge/discharge reaction but rather corrode a firing furnace and peripheral equipment and thus having excellent battery characteristics and safety, and production method thereof. A method for producing a precursor of a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having a hollow structure or porous structure includes obtaining the precursor by washing nickel-manganese composite hydroxide particles having a particular composition ratio and a pore structure in which pores are present within the particles with an aqueous carbonate solution having a carbonate concentration of 0.1 mol/L or more.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

17.

NEAR-INFRARED SHIELDING FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEAR-INFRARED SHIELDING FILM

      
Application Number 18042408
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-20
First Publication Date 2023-11-02
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Adachi, Kenji
  • Sato, Keiichi
  • Yoshio, Satoshi

Abstract

A near-infrared shielding film including a continuous film of a cesium tungsten composite oxide represented by a general formula CsxWyOz where 4.8≤x≤14.6, 20.0≤y≤26.7, 62.2≤z≤71.4, and x+y+z=100, is provided. The continuous film includes one or more crystals selected from an orthorhombic crystal, a rhombohedral crystal, and a hexagonal crystal.

IPC Classes  ?

18.

ATOMIZATION DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF METAL POWDER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VALUABLE METAL

      
Application Number 18022199
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-18
First Publication Date 2023-10-12
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Togashi, Ryo

Abstract

The present invention is an atomization device for manufacturing metal powder by spraying a fluid to molten metal, said device comprising: a tundish into which the molten metal is poured and discharged from a discharge nozzle installed on a bottom part; fluid spray nozzles disposed below the tundish and spraying the fluid to the molten metal dropping from the tundish; a means for measuring a molten-metal surface height inside the tundish from an image obtained by imaging the inside of the tundish; and a means for, upon calculating an amount of the molten metal to be poured into the tundish from the molten-metal surface height, discharging the molten metal in such a manner that the height is maintained substantially constant. The interior of the tundish is formed in such a shape that the area of the molten-metal surface of the poured molten metal increases with height in the vertical direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22F 9/08 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from liquid material by casting, e.g. through sieves or in water, by atomising or spraying
  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22C 9/06 - Alloys based on copper with nickel or cobalt as the next major constituent
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

19.

METHOD FOR TREATING SULFIDE

      
Application Number 18020439
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-05
First Publication Date 2023-09-21
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takenouchi, Hiroshi
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Shouji, Hirofumi

Abstract

Provided is a method for treating a sulfide, the method being suitable for obtaining nickel and/or cobalt from a sulfide containing copper and nickel and/or cobalt. The method relates to a method for treating a sulfide containing copper and nickel and/or cobalt, the method including pulverizing the sulfide by subjecting the sulfide to a pulverizing treatment so as to obtain a pulverized sulfide having a particle size of 800 μm or less; and leaching the pulverized sulfide by subjecting the pulverized sulfide to a leaching treatment with an acid under a condition in which a sulfurizing agent is present to obtain a leachate. For example, the sulfide to be treated is generated by reducing, heating, and melting a waste lithium-ion battery to obtain a molten body and adding a sulfurizing agent to the molten body to sulfurize the molten body.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 3/10 - Hydrochloric acid
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • C22B 3/46 - Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by chemical processes by substitution, e.g. by cementation

20.

METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM CARBONATE

      
Application Number 18018415
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-13
First Publication Date 2023-09-21
Owner
  • KANTO DENKA KOGYO CO.,LTD. (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Abe, Takuro
  • Hosoda, Naoki
  • Katayama, Shinsuke
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Nagakura, Toshihiko

Abstract

Disclosed is A method for recovering lithium from slag containing at least aluminum and lithium, the slag being provided by melting a lithium-ion secondary battery to be disposed of to obtain molten metal containing valuable metal and molten slag containing at least aluminum and lithium and separating the slag containing at least aluminum and lithium from the molten metal containing valuable metal. The condition of the melting of the lithium-ion secondary battery is adjusted such that the slag has an aluminum to lithium mass ratio, Al/Lo, of 6 or less. The method includes: contacting the slag with an aqueous liquid to obtain a leachate containing lithium leached from the slag; and contacting the leachate with a basic substance to cause unwanted metal contained in the leachate to precipitate in the form of a slightly soluble substance, followed by solid-liquid separation to obtain a purified solution having lithium dissolved therein.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 26/12 - Obtaining lithium
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • C22B 3/04 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching

21.

THICK FILM RESISTOR PASTE, THICK FILM RESISTOR, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

      
Application Number 17922096
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-30
First Publication Date 2023-08-31
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ando, Masaki

Abstract

To provide a thick film resistor paste for a resistor having a smaller resistance change rate and excellent surge resistance, a thick film resistor using the thick film resistor paste, and an electronic component provided with the thick film resistor. A thick film resistor paste comprises an organic vehicle and a conductive substance-containing glass powder comprising ruthenium oxide and lead ruthenate, the conductive substance-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 70 mass% of conductive substances, a glass composition of the conductive substance-containing glass powder comprises 3 to 30 mass% of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass% of lead oxide, 5 to 50 mass% of boron oxide relative to 100 mass% of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass% is 50 mass% or more relative to 100 mass% of the glass components.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C03C 4/14 - Compositions for glass with special properties for electro-conductive glass
  • C03C 8/16 - Glass frit mixtures having non-frit additions, e.g. opacifiers, colorants, mill additions with vehicle or suspending agents, e.g. slip
  • C03C 8/10 - Frit compositions, i.e. in a powdered or comminuted form containing lead
  • H01C 7/00 - Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material

22.

DARK POWDER DISPERSION LIQUID, DARK POWDER DISPERSION BODY AND COLORED LAYER-ATTACHED BASE MATERIAL

      
Application Number 17924438
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-09
First Publication Date 2023-08-31
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ito, Takafumi
  • Sato, Keiichi
  • Okada, Mika

Abstract

A dark powder dispersion liquid including a dark pigment, composite tungsten oxide particles and a solid medium, wherein a mass ratio of the dark pigment to the composite tungsten oxide particles (mass of dark-colored pigment/mass of composite tungsten oxide fine particles) is 0.01 or more and 5 or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09D 5/03 - Powdery paints
  • C09D 7/20 - Diluents or solvents
  • C09D 7/61 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic
  • C09D 7/40 - Additives
  • C09D 157/12 - Homopolymers or copolymers containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen containing nitrogen atoms

23.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

      
Application Number 18018166
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-29
First Publication Date 2023-08-24
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura, Hitomi
  • Okamoto, Ryosuke
  • Hayashi, Kazuhide
  • Toma, Mikako

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide particle and a coating layer coating a surface of the particle. The lithium-nickel composite oxide particle has a crystal structure belonging to a space group R-3m, contains at least Li, Ni, an element M, and Nb, a molar ratio among the elements being represented by Li:Ni:M:Nb=a:(1-x-y):x:y (0.98≤a≤1.15, 0

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

24.

METHOD OF PRODUCING NICKEL-CONTAINING HYDROXIDE, METHOD OF PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 18005212
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-19
First Publication Date 2023-08-24
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ozawa, Shuuzou

Abstract

A method of producing a nickel-containing hydroxide includes a pre-reaction aqueous solution preparation step of preparing a pre-reaction aqueous solution, and a crystallization step of obtaining the nickel-containing hydroxide by adding at least a nickel salt as a metal salt, a neutralizing agent that reacts with the metal salt to form a metal hydroxide, and a complexing agent to the pre-reaction aqueous solution while stirring the pre-reaction aqueous solution, wherein the pre-reaction aqueous solution contains water and the neutralizing agent, and a concentration of dissolved oxygen in the pre-reaction aqueous solution is 0.1 mg/L or less when the crystallization step starts.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

25.

ALLOY POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL

      
Application Number 18022319
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-18
First Publication Date 2023-08-17
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Togashi, Ryo

Abstract

Provided are: an alloy powder in which nickel and cobalt can be easily dissolved in an acid and stably leached with an acid; a manufacturing method with which an alloy powder that enables stable acid leaching can be obtained at low cost; and a method for recovering a valuable metal using the manufacturing method. An alloy powder according to the present invention includes copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and cobalt (Co) as constituents, has a 50% cumulative diameter (D50) of 30 µm to 85 µm in the volume particle size distribution, and has an oxygen content of 0.01 mass% to 1.00 mass%.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • B22F 9/08 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from liquid material by casting, e.g. through sieves or in water, by atomising or spraying
  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 15/00 - Obtaining copper
  • C22B 3/06 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching in inorganic acid solutions
  • C22C 9/06 - Alloys based on copper with nickel or cobalt as the next major constituent
  • C22C 30/02 - Alloys containing less than 50% by weight of each constituent containing copper
  • C22B 1/02 - Roasting processes
  • C22C 1/02 - Making non-ferrous alloys by melting

26.

Method for recovering valuable metal

      
Application Number 18014200
Grant Number 11926883
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-29
First Publication Date 2023-08-17
Grant Date 2024-03-12
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamashita, Yu
  • Nagakura, Toshihiko
  • Hagio, Tomoya

Abstract

Provided is a method which allows for strict control of an oxygen partial pressure required for the heating and melting of a raw material, and thereby more efficient recovery of a valuable metal. The method for recovering a valuable metal (Cu, Ni, and Co) includes the steps of: preparing a charge comprising at least phosphorus (P) and a valuable metal as a raw material; heating and melting the raw material to form a molten body and then converting the molten body into a molten product comprising an alloy and a slag; and separating the slag from the molten product to recover the alloy comprising the valuable metal, wherein the heating and melting of the raw material comprises directly measuring an oxygen partial pressure in the molten body using an oxygen analyzer, and regulating the oxygen partial pressure based on the obtained measurement result.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 1/00 - Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
  • C22B 15/00 - Obtaining copper
  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

27.

NICKEL-MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 18134130
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-04-13
First Publication Date 2023-08-10
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Ando, Takaaki

Abstract

Provided are a positive electrode active material with which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy density can be obtained, a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide suitable as a precursor of the positive electrode active material, and production methods capable of easily producing these in an industrial scale. Provided is a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide represented by General Formula (1): NixMnyMz(OH)2+α and containing a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The nickel-manganese composite hydroxide has a half width of a diffraction peak of a (001) plane obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of at least 0.10° and up to 0.40° and has a degree of sparsity/density represented by [(void area within secondary particle/cross section of secondary particle)×100](%) of at least 0.5% and up to 10%. Also provided is a production method of the nickel-manganese composite hydroxide.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides

28.

METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL

      
Application Number 18014551
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-07-12
First Publication Date 2023-08-10
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Maeba, Kazunari
  • Yamashita, Yu
  • Nagakura, Toshihiko
  • Takahashi, Junichi
  • Togashi, Ryo

Abstract

Provided is a method that allows for efficient removal of an impurity metal, and further, the recovery of a valuable metal with high efficiency. The method for recovering a valuable metal (Cu, Ni, and Co) includes the steps of: preparing a charge comprising at least a valuable metal as a raw material; heating and melting the raw material to form an alloy and a slag; and separating the slag to recover the alloy containing the valuable metal, wherein the heating and melting of the raw material comprises charging the raw material into a furnace of an electric furnace equipped with an electrode therein, and further melting the raw material by means of Joule heat generated by applying an electric current to the electrode, or heat generation of an arc itself, and thereby separating the raw material into a molten alloy and a molten slag present over the alloy.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • B09B 3/40 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless involving thermal treatment, e.g. evaporation
  • C22B 15/00 - Obtaining copper
  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes

29.

RARE EARTH-IRON-NITROGEN-BASED MAGNETIC POWDER, COMPOUND FOR BONDED MAGNET, BONDED MAGNET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE EARTH-IRON-NITROGEN-BASED MAGNETIC POWDER

      
Application Number 18013072
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-31
First Publication Date 2023-08-03
Owner
  • Tohoku University (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sugimoto, Satoshi
  • Matsuura, Masashi
  • Ishikawa, Takashi
  • Yoneyama, Yukinobu

Abstract

A rare earth-iron-nitrogen-based magnetic powder according to this invention contains, as main constituent components, a rare-earth element (R), iron (Fe), and nitrogen (N). Moreover, this magnetic powder has an average particle size of 1.0-10.0 μm, and contains 22.0-30.0 mass % of a rare-earth element (R) and 2.5-4.0 mass % of nitrogen (N). Further, this magnetic powder includes: a core part having any one crystal structure among a Th2Zn17 type, a Th2Ni17 type, and a TbCu7 type; and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core part and having a thickness of 1-30 nm. The shell layer contains a rare-earth element (R) and iron (Fe) so that the R/Fe atomic ratio is 0.3-5.0, and further contains 0-10 at % (exclusive of 0) of nitrogen (N). Furthermore, this magnetic powder contains compound particles composed of a rare-earth element (R) and phosphorus (P).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01F 1/055 - Alloys characterised by their composition containing rare earth metals and magnetic transition metals, e.g. SmCo5
  • B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
  • B22F 1/10 - Metallic powder containing lubricating or binding agents; Metallic powder containing organic material
  • C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
  • C08K 9/02 - Ingredients treated with inorganic substances

30.

BUBBLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BUBBLE MEASUREMENT METHOD

      
Application Number 18186586
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-20
First Publication Date 2023-07-20
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Nakao, Yoshihiko

Abstract

A bubble measurement device for measurement of bubbles moving in a liquid includes a measurement chamber having an image capturing surface; an image capturing device that captures an image of the bubbles passing along the image capturing surface; an introduction pipe that introduces the bubbles into the measurement chamber; a retaining tank that stores the liquid; a supply pump that draws up the liquid; a drain pipe that returns the liquid into the retaining tank; and a flow velocity adjusting mechanism that adjusts a flow velocity of the liquid passing along the image capturing surface. The flow velocity adjusting mechanism adjusts the flow velocity of the liquid passing along the image capturing surface to be within a range in which the bubbles are measurable. The range is obtained in advance in accordance with an image resolution and a shutter speed of the image capturing device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 15/02 - Investigating particle size or size distribution

31.

Method for recovering valuable metal

      
Application Number 18014187
Grant Number 11851729
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-21
First Publication Date 2023-07-06
Grant Date 2023-12-26
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yamashita, Yu

Abstract

The present invention provides a method which is capable of more strictly controlling the oxygen partial pressure required during the melting of a starting material, thereby being capable of recovering a valuable metal more efficiently. A method for recovering valuable metals (Cu, Ni, Co), said method comprising the following steps: a step for preparing, as a starting material, a charge that contains at least phosphorus (P), manganese (Mn) and valuable metals; a step for heating and melting the starting material into a melt, and subsequently forming the melt into a molten material that contains an alloy and slag; and a step for recovering the alloy that contains valuable metals by separating the slag from the molten material. With respect to this method for recovering valuable metals, the oxygen partial pressure in the melt is directly measured with use of an oxygen analyzer when the starting material is heated and melted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 1/02 - Roasting processes
  • C22B 9/10 - General processes of refining or remelting of metals; Apparatus for electroslag or arc remelting of metals with refining or fluxing agents; Use of materials therefor
  • C22B 15/00 - Obtaining copper
  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

32.

Method for recovering valuable metal

      
Application Number 18014193
Grant Number 11807914
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-21
First Publication Date 2023-07-06
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yamashita, Yu

Abstract

The present invention provides a method which is capable of more strictly controlling the oxygen partial pressure required during the melting of a starting material, thereby being capable of recovering a valuable metal more efficiently. A method for recovering valuable metals (Cu, Ni, Co), said method comprising the following steps: a step for preparing, as a starting material, a charge that contains at least phosphorus (P), iron (Fe) and valuable metals; a step for heating and melting the starting material into a melt, and subsequently forming the melt into a molten material that contains an alloy and slag; and a step for recovering the alloy that contains valuable metals by separating the slag from the molten material. With respect to this method for recovering valuable metals, the oxygen partial pressure in the melt is directly measured with use of an oxygen analyzer when the starting material is heated and melted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
  • C22B 1/02 - Roasting processes
  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 15/00 - Obtaining copper
  • C22B 23/00 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

33.

PRODUCTION METHOD FOR COBALT SULFATE

      
Application Number 17925577
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-01-06
First Publication Date 2023-06-15
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Watanabe, Hiroto
  • Ohara, Hideki
  • Kudou, Keiji
  • Kaneko, Takashi
  • Higaki, Tatsuya
  • Kondou, Natsuki
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi

Abstract

Provided is a method for separating impurities and cobalt without using an electrolysis process from a cobalt chloride solution containing impurities and producing a high purity cobalt sulfate. The production method includes: a first solvent extraction step (S1) of bringing an organic solvent containing an alkyl phosphoric acid-based extractant into contact with a cobalt chloride solution containing impurities, and extracting zinc, manganese, and calcium into the organic solvent to separate to remove zinc, manganese, and calcium; a copper removal step (S2) of adding a sulfurizing agent to a cobalt chloride solution and generating a precipitate of sulfide of copper to separate to remove copper; a second solvent extraction step (S3) of bringing an organic solvent containing a carboxylic acid-based extractant into contact with a cobalt chloride solution and back extracting cobalt with sulfuric acid after extracting cobalt into the organic solvent to obtain cobalt sulfate solution; and a crystallization step (S4) of the cobalt sulfate solution obtained after having undergone through the second solvent extraction step (S3). These steps are sequentially executed. Without using an electrolysis process, a high purity cobalt sulfate is directly produced by separating cobalt and impurities containing manganese.

IPC Classes  ?

34.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17625850
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-30
First Publication Date 2023-06-15
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Tsuruta, Sho
  • Ko, Takashi
  • Niina, Fumiharu

Abstract

A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide, in which metal elements constituting the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide include lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and optionally zirconium (Zr), an amount of substance ratio of the elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:Co:Zr:Ti:Nb=a:b:c:d:e:f:g (provided that, 0.97≤a≤1.10, 0.80≤b≤0.88, 0.04≤c≤0.12, 0.04≤d≤0.10, 0≤e≤0.004, 0.003g are satisfied, and an amount of lithium to be eluted in water when the positive electrode active material is immersed in water is 0.20% by mass or less with respect to the entire positive electrode active material.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

35.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17925049
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-09
First Publication Date 2023-06-15
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Fujimoto, Saihei

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery including a coating layer, wherein, a substance quantity ratio is represented by Li:Ni:Co:M=t:1−x−y:x:y (wherein, M is at least one element selected from Mg and else, 0.95≤t≤1.20, 0

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

36.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONTAINING SOLUTION

      
Application Number 17923111
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-30
First Publication Date 2023-06-08
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ikeda, Osamu
  • Takano, Masatoshi
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi
  • Matsumoto, Shin-Ya
  • Kudo, Yohei
  • Senba, Yusuke
  • Maeda, Kyohei

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a lithium-containing solution that allows increasing a content rate of lithium in a solution after an eluting step, and suppressing an amount of an eluted solution used in a process after the eluting step, thus suppressing production cost of lithium. Provided is a method for producing a lithium-containing solution that allows increasing a content rate of lithium in a solution after an eluting step, and suppressing an amount of an eluted solution used in a process after the eluting step, thus suppressing production cost of lithium. A method for producing a lithium-containing solution includes an adsorption step of bringing a lithium adsorbent obtained from lithium manganese oxide in contact with a low lithium-containing solution to obtain post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide, an eluting step of bringing the post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide in contact with an acid-containing solution to obtain an eluted solution, and a manganese oxidation step of oxidating manganese to obtain a lithium-containing solution with a suppressed manganese concentration. The adsorption step, the eluting step, and the manganese oxidation step are performed in this order, and the acid-containing solution includes the eluted solution with acid added. The method allows the usage amount of the acid in the eluting step to be suppressed, the content rate of lithium in the eluted solution after the eluting step to be increased, and thus the production cost of the lithium-containing solution to be suppressed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01D 15/04 - Halides
  • B01J 39/02 - Processes using inorganic exchangers
  • B01J 39/10 - Oxides or hydroxides
  • B01J 49/53 - Regeneration or reactivation of ion-exchangers; Apparatus therefor characterised by the regeneration reagents for cationic exchangers

37.

THICK FILM RESISTOR PASTE, THICK FILM RESISTOR, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

      
Application Number 17922110
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-30
First Publication Date 2023-06-01
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ando, Masaki

Abstract

To provide a thick film resistor paste for a resistor having a smaller resistance change rate and excellent surge resistance, a thick film resistor using the thick film resistor paste, and an electronic component provided with the thick film resistor. A thick film resistor paste comprises a lead-ruthenate-containing glass powder and an organic vehicle, the lead-ruthenate-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 70 mass % of lead ruthenate, a glass composition of the lead-ruthenate-containing glass powder comprises 3 to 30 mass % of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass % of lead oxide. 5 to 50 mass % of boron oxide relative to 100 mass % of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass % is 50 mass % or more relative to 100 mass % of the glass components.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01C 17/065 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing resistors adapted for coating resistive material on a base by thick-film techniques, e.g. serigraphy
  • H01C 7/00 - Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material

38.

ALLOY TREATMENT METHOD

      
Application Number 17912998
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-11
First Publication Date 2023-06-01
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kudou, Keiji
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi
  • Takenouchi, Hiroshi
  • Shouji, Hirofumi
  • Matsuoka, Itsumi
  • Sanjo, Shota
  • Matsugi, Takumi

Abstract

An alloy treatment method is provided, in which a solution containing nickel and/or cobalt is obtained from an alloy containing nickel and/or cobalt and also containing copper and zinc, the method comprising: a leaching step for subjecting the alloy to a leaching treatment with an acid under the condition where a sulfating agent is present to produce a leachate; a reduction step for subjecting the leachate to a reduction treatment using a reducing agent to produce a reduced solution; an oxidation/neutralization step for adding an oxidizing agent and a neutralizing agent to the reduced solution to produce a neutralized solution containing nickel and/or cobalt and also containing zinc; and a solvent extraction step for subjecting the neutralized solution to a solvent extraction procedure using an acidic phosphorus compound-based extractant to produce a solution containing nickel and/or cobalt.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 3/00 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 3/38 - Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by liquid-liquid extraction using organic compounds containing phosphorus
  • C22B 3/08 - Sulfuric acid
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

39.

THICK FILM RESISTOR PASTE, THICK FILM RESISTOR, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

      
Application Number 17921736
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-30
First Publication Date 2023-06-01
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ando, Masaki
  • Nagano, Takahito

Abstract

The thick film resistor paste for a resistor has no abnormalities of cracks in appearance and sufficient surge resistance, especially for low resistance, while using lead borosilicate glass. The thick film resistor paste comprises a silver powder or a palladium powder, or a mixture of both of the silver powder and the palladium powder, a ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder and an organic vehicle, the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 60 mass % of ruthenium oxide, a glass composition of the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 3 to 60 mass % of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass % of lead oxide, 5 to 50 mass % of boron oxide relative to 100 mass % of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass % is 50 mass % or more relative to 100 mass % of the glass components.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C03C 4/14 - Compositions for glass with special properties for electro-conductive glass
  • C03C 8/16 - Glass frit mixtures having non-frit additions, e.g. opacifiers, colorants, mill additions with vehicle or suspending agents, e.g. slip
  • C03C 8/10 - Frit compositions, i.e. in a powdered or comminuted form containing lead
  • H01C 7/00 - Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material

40.

METHOD FOR TREATING ALLOY

      
Application Number 17912977
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-11
First Publication Date 2023-05-25
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kudou, Keiji
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi
  • Takenouchi, Hiroshi
  • Shouji, Hirofumi
  • Matsuoka, Itsumi
  • Sanjo, Shota
  • Matsugi, Takumi

Abstract

The present invention is a method for treating an alloy, by which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained from an alloy that contains copper, zinc, and nickel and/or cobalt, said method comprising: a leaching process wherein a leachate is obtained by subjecting the alloy to a leaching treatment by means of an acid in the coexistence of a sulfurizing agent; a reduction process wherein the leachate is subjected to a reduction treatment with use of a reducing agent; and an ion exchanging process wherein a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained by bringing a solution, which has been obtained in the reduction process, into contact with an amino phosphoric acid-based chelate resin, thereby having zinc adsorbed on the amino phosphoric acid-based chelate resin.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 3/00 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 1/00 - Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap

41.

THICK FILM RESISTOR PASTE, THICK FILM RESISTOR, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

      
Application Number 17921854
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-30
First Publication Date 2023-05-25
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ando, Masaki
  • Nagano, Takahito

Abstract

To provide a thick film resistor paste for a resistor having no abnormalities of cracks in appearance and sufficient surge resistance, especially for low resistance, while using lead borosilicate glass, a thick film resistor using the thick film resistor paste, and an electronic component provided with the thick film resistor. A thick film resistor paste comprises a ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder and an organic vehicle, the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 60 mass % of ruthenium oxide, a glass composition of the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 60 mass % or less of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass % of lead oxide, 5 to 50 mass % of boron oxide relative to 100 mass % of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass % is 50 mass % or more relative to 100 mass % of the glass components.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01C 17/065 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing resistors adapted for coating resistive material on a base by thick-film techniques, e.g. serigraphy
  • H01C 7/00 - Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material

42.

THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION

      
Application Number 17910645
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-10
First Publication Date 2023-05-18
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Hiroshi
  • Kibe, Tatsuo
  • Kashiwaya, Satoshi

Abstract

Provided is a thermally conductive composition that is capable of effectively suppressing pump out. Specifically provided is a thermally conductive composition that contains a base oil composition and an inorganic powder filler, wherein: the base oil composition contains a base oil, a thermoplastic resin that has a softening point of 50-150° C., and a thixotropic agent; and when shaped into a thermally conductive sheet of the thermally conductive composition at a temperature not less than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin, the type-A hardness (in compliance with JIS K 6253-3) of the thermally conductive sheet as measured using a durometer is 30-80.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09K 5/14 - Solid materials, e.g. powdery or granular
  • C08K 13/06 - Pretreated ingredients and ingredients covered by the main groups

43.

METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL

      
Application Number 17917312
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-26
First Publication Date 2023-05-18
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hagio, Tomoya
  • Yamashita, Yu

Abstract

The purpose is to provide a method for recovering a valuable metal at low cost. The present invention is a method for recovering a valuable metal, the method comprising a step of preparing a burden material containing at least a valuable metal to obtain a raw material, a step of subjecting the raw material to an oxidation treatment and a reductive melting treatment to produce a reduced product containing an alloy and a slag, and a step of separating the slag from the reduced product to collect the alloy, in which the copper grade, which is a ratio of the mass of copper (Cu) to the total mass of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and copper (Cu) contained in the alloy (i.e., a Cu/(Ni+Co+Cu) ratio), is adjusted to 0.250 or more.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • C22B 1/02 - Roasting processes
  • C22B 5/10 - Dry processes by solid carbonaceous reducing agents
  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
  • C22B 15/00 - Obtaining copper
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators

44.

THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PASTE

      
Application Number 17910607
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-10
First Publication Date 2023-05-11
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Hiroshi
  • Kibe, Tatsuo
  • Kashiwaya, Satoshi

Abstract

Provided is a thermally conductive paste which can be applied satisfactorily using conventional coating methods due to the ability to be formed into a paste, and which effectively suppresses pump out. Specifically provided is a thermally conductive paste containing a base oil composition and an inorganic powder filler, wherein the base oil composition contains a base oil, a thermoplastic resin that has a softening point of 50-150° C., and a volatile solvent, and the solubility parameter of the volatile solvent as predicted using Fedor’s method is 9.0-12.0 cal(½)/cm(3/2).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09K 5/14 - Solid materials, e.g. powdery or granular

45.

THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION

      
Application Number 17910567
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-10
First Publication Date 2023-05-11
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Hiroshi
  • Kibe, Tatsuo
  • Kashiwaya, Satoshi

Abstract

Provided is a thermally conductive composition that can easily be shaped into a sheet or the like, and is capable of effectively suppressing pump out. Specifically provided is a thermally conductive composition that includes a base oil composition and an inorganic powder filler, wherein: the base oil composition contains a base oil, a thermoplastic resin that has a softening point of 50-150° C., and a thixotropic agent; the inorganic powder filler contains a first inorganic powder filler having an average particle size in the range of 10-100 µm, a second inorganic powder filler, and a third inorganic powder filler; and the thermoplastic resin is included at a proportion of 50-200 parts by mass and the thixotropic agent is included at a proportion of 1-10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the base oil.

IPC Classes  ?

46.

METAL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL

      
Application Number 16629806
Status Pending
Filing Date 2018-07-03
First Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Tatsuya
  • Senba, Hiroko
  • Aida, Taira

Abstract

A method for producing a metal composite hydroxide, which includes a first crystallization process of obtaining first metal composite hydroxide particles by supplying a first raw material aqueous solution containing a metal element and an ammonium ion donor to a reaction tank, adjusting a pH of a reaction aqueous solution in the reaction tank, and performing a crystallization reaction and a second crystallization process of forming a tungsten-concentrated layer on a surface of the first metal composite hydroxide particles and obtaining second metal composite hydroxide particles by supplying a second raw material aqueous solution containing a metal element and a more amount of tungsten than the first raw material aqueous solution and an ammonium ion donor to a reaction aqueous solution containing the first metal composite hydroxide particles, adjusting a pH of the reaction aqueous solution, and performing a crystallization reaction, and the like.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

47.

METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METALS FROM WASTE BATTERY

      
Application Number 17801399
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-15
First Publication Date 2023-04-06
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Iseki, Takashi

Abstract

Provided is a method for recovering valuable metals contained in waste batteries, wherein valuable metals can be efficiently recovered while suppressing a reduction in recovery rate. The method according to the present invention for recovering valuable metals from waste batteries comprises: a roasting step S1 for roasting a waste battery; a crushing step S2 for inserting an obtained roasted material into a crushing container, and crushing the roasted material using a chain mill; and a sieving step S3 for sieving an obtained crushed material and separating the crushed material into sieve upper material and sieve lower material. A chain mill equipment that is used in the crushing process is provided with: a rotating axial rod vertically erected with respect to a bottom surface of a crushing container; and a chain attached to a side surface of the rotating axial rod.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • B02C 13/16 - Disintegrating by mills having rotary beater elements with vertical rotor shaft, e.g. combined with sifting devices with beaters hinged to the rotor
  • B02C 23/10 - Separating or sorting of material, associated with crushing or disintegrating with separator arranged in discharge path of crushing or disintegrating zone
  • B03B 9/06 - General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets specially adapted for refuse
  • B09B 3/35 - Shredding, crushing or cutting
  • B09B 3/40 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless involving thermal treatment, e.g. evaporation
  • B09B 3/70 - Chemical treatment, e.g. pH adjustment or oxidation
  • C22B 23/00 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt
  • C22B 1/00 - Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
  • C22B 23/02 - Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes

48.

Simulation device, simulation method, and program

      
Application Number 18058808
Grant Number 11892388
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-11-25
First Publication Date 2023-03-23
Grant Date 2024-02-06
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • University Public Corporation Osaka (Japan)
Inventor
  • Saruwatari, Motoaki
  • Nakamura, Hideya

Abstract

A simulation device for analyzing behavior of a granular material that includes a plurality of particles includes a first parameter acquisition unit that acquires a first parameter including a parameter relating to the granular material, a second parameter calculation unit that calculates a second parameter, when a particle group including the plurality of particles is coarsely viewed as a single coarse-view particle, the second parameter relating to the coarse-view particle, and a coarse-view particle behavior analysis unit that analyzes a behavior of the coarse-view particle based on the first parameter and the second parameter. The second parameter calculation unit calculates the second parameter by solving a characteristic equation that uses a relationship between an elastic energy of the particle group and an elastic energy of the coarse-view particle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 15/10 - Investigating individual particles
  • G01N 15/14 - Electro-optical investigation
  • G16C 20/30 - Prediction of properties of chemical compounds, compositions or mixtures
  • G01N 15/00 - Investigating characteristics of particles; Investigating permeability, pore-volume or surface-area of porous materials

49.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE

      
Application Number 17797397
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-08
First Publication Date 2023-03-16
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumoto, Shin-Ya
  • Takano, Masatoshi
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Ikeda, Osamu
  • Kudo, Yohei

Abstract

A method for producing lithium hydroxide that allows reducing a load of removing divalent or more ions with an ion-exchange resin is provided. The method for producing lithium hydroxide includes steps (1) to (3) below. (1) a neutralization step: a step of adding an alkali to a first lithium chloride containing liquid to obtain a post-neutralization liquid, (2) an ion-exchange step: a step of bringing the post-neutralization liquid into contact with an ion-exchange resin to obtain a second lithium chloride containing liquid, and (3) a conversion step: a step of electrodialyzing the second lithium chloride containing liquid to obtain a lithium hydroxide containing liquid. Since this producing method allows roughly removing divalent or more ions in the neutralization step, a load of metal removal with the ion-exchange resin is reducible.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01D 15/02 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • C01D 15/04 - Halides
  • B01J 39/05 - Processes using organic exchangers in the strongly acidic form
  • B01J 39/18 - Macromolecular compounds
  • B01J 47/02 - Column or bed processes
  • B01D 61/44 - Ion-selective electrodialysis
  • B01D 15/36 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion

50.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING LAMINATE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING TRANSPARENT BASE MATERIAL

      
Application Number 17759651
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-28
First Publication Date 2023-03-09
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Adachi, Kenji
  • Yoshio, Satoshi
  • Wakabayashi, Masao

Abstract

An electromagnetic wave absorbing particle dispersion includes electromagnetic wave absorbing particles containing cesium tungsten oxide represented by a general formula CsxW1-yO3-z and having a crystal structure of an orthorhombic crystal structure or a hexagonal crystal structure, x, y, and z being 0.2≤x≤0.4, 0

IPC Classes  ?

51.

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER

      
Application Number 17777097
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-11-04
First Publication Date 2023-03-09
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okubo, Kazuhiko
  • Kawamura, Shotaro
  • Izumi, Kiyoshi

Abstract

A magnetostrictive member is formed of a crystal of an iron-based alloy having magnetostrictive characteristics and is a plate-like body having a long-side direction and a short-side direction. At least one of a front face and a back face of the plate-like body has a plurality of grooves extending in the long-side direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 41/20 - Selection of materials for magnetostrictive elements
  • H01L 41/12 - Magnetostrictive elements
  • H01L 41/47 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the assembly, manufacture or treatment of magnetostrictive devices or of parts thereof

52.

METHOD FOR TREATING ALLOY

      
Application Number 17797212
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-10
First Publication Date 2023-03-09
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takenouchi, Hiroshi
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Heguri, Shin-Ichi
  • Shouji, Hirofumi
  • Kudou, Keiji
  • Matsuoka, Itsumi
  • Sanjo, Shota
  • Matsugi, Takumi

Abstract

Provided is a method for treating an alloy by which nickel and/or cobalt can be selectively isolated from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, in a waste lithium ion battery. The present invention is a method for treating an alloy, by which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, the method including: a leaching step in which a leachate is obtained by subjecting an alloy to an acid-based leaching treatment under conditions in which a sulfurizing agent is also present; a reduction step in which a reduced solution is obtained by subjecting the leachate to a reduction treatment using a reducing agent; and an oxidation/neutralization step in which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained by adding an oxidizing agent and also a neutralizing agent to the reduced solution.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 3/00 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
  • C22B 3/08 - Sulfuric acid
  • C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
  • H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
  • C22B 19/20 - Obtaining zinc otherwise than by distilling
  • C22B 1/02 - Roasting processes
  • C22B 3/44 - Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by chemical processes

53.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, HIGH-TEMPERATURE OPERATION TYPE LITHIUM-ION POLYMER SECONDARY BATTERY, HIGH-TEMPERATURE OPERATION TYPE LITHIUM ION INORGANIC ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17706231
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-28
First Publication Date 2023-03-09
Owner Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oono, Kouji
  • Oshitari, Satoru
  • Tanaka, Shinichi

Abstract

A positive electrode active material that is used in a high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material is made of oxide particles, which contains a first transition element and does not include an alkali metal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 10/0565 - Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type
  • H01M 4/52 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron
  • H01M 4/50 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese
  • H01M 4/48 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides
  • H01M 10/0562 - Solid materials
  • H01M 4/38 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys

54.

SLURRY PROCESSING APPARATUS, MICROBUBBLE GENERATION EQUIPMENT, AND SLURRY PROCESSING METHOD

      
Application Number 17796056
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-17
First Publication Date 2023-03-02
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Yoshihiko
  • Ishikawa, Shintaro

Abstract

Provided is a slurry treatment apparatus includes: a treatment tank for performing any treatment of a solid-liquid reaction, a solid-gas reaction, a gas-liquid reaction, and solid-liquid separation on a slurry containing a metal or a metal compound; a first pipe; a second pipe; and a pump, in which one end of the first pipe has a suction opening for sucking the slurry from the treatment tank, the other end of the first pipe is connected to a suction port of the pump, one end of the second pipe is linked to a discharge port of the pump, the other end of the second pipe is connected to a microbubble generator, and the microbubble generator includes a throttle that throttles a flow of the slurry and a gas supply tube for supplying gas to the throttle, and supplies microbubbles to the slurry in the treatment tank.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01J 8/08 - Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes with moving particles
  • C22B 3/22 - Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by physical processes, e.g. by filtration, by magnetic means
  • C22B 3/00 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
  • B01F 23/00 - Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
  • B01F 23/2326 - Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids using flow-mixing means for introducing the gases, e.g. baffles adding the flowing main component by suction means, e.g. using an ejector
  • B01F 23/80 - After-treatment of the mixture
  • B01F 25/31 - Injector mixers in conduits or tubes through which the main component flows
  • B01J 8/00 - Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes

55.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLES, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING PARTICLES

      
Application Number 17759551
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-01-28
First Publication Date 2023-02-16
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Adachi, Kenji
  • Yoshio, Satoshi
  • Wakabayashi, Masao

Abstract

Electromagnetic Electromagnetic wave absorbing particles including cesium tungsten oxide represented by a general formula CsxW1-yO3-z (0.2≤x≤0.4, 0

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 41/00 - Compounds of tungsten
  • C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers ; Preparation of carbon black
  • C09C 3/06 - Treatment with inorganic compounds
  • G02B 5/20 - Filters

56.

Method for evaluating a characteristic of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode active material

      
Application Number 17962637
Grant Number 11855283
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-10
First Publication Date 2023-02-16
Grant Date 2023-12-26
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshita, Hiroko
  • Ryoshi, Kazuomi
  • Aida, Taira
  • Yamaji, Koji
  • Okada, Jiro

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of evaluating a characteristic of a positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including a secondary particle configured by aggregating primary particles containing lithium, nickel, manganese, and cobalt, or a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including both the primary particles and the secondary particle. The secondary particle has a porous internal structure. The characteristic being evaluated is a slurry pH, a soluble lithium content rate, or a porosity.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • G01N 15/08 - Investigating permeability, pore volume, or surface area of porous materials
  • G01N 21/71 - Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light thermally excited
  • G01N 27/416 - Systems
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

57.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17788857
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-12-24
First Publication Date 2023-02-09
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Touma, Mikako
  • Okamoto, Ryousuke
  • Hayashi, Kazuhide

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, containing: a lithium-metal composite oxide particle having a niobium solid solution layer and a center other than the niobium solid solution layer; and a coating layer coating at least a part of a surface of the lithium-metal composite oxide particle and formed of a compound containing lithium and niobium, an average thickness of the coating layer is 2 nm or more and 1 μm or less, and an average thickness of the niobium solid solution layer is 0.5 nm or more and 20 nm or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

58.

NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING MATERIAL PARTICLES, NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING MATERIAL PARTICLE DISPERSING SOLUTION, AND NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING MATERIAL PARTICLE DISPERSION

      
Application Number 17757794
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-12-24
First Publication Date 2023-01-26
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Noshita, Akinari
  • Nakayama, Hiroki
  • Kawano, Takahisa
  • Chonan, Takeshi

Abstract

Near-infrared absorbing material particles contain composite tungsten oxide particles represented by a general formula MxWyOz, wherein the element M is one or more of elements selected from H, He, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth element, Mg, Zr, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Sb, B, F, P, S, Se, Br, Te, Ti, Nb, V, Mo, Ta, Re, Be, Hf, Os, Bi, and I, wherein the W is tungsten, wherein the O is oxygen, and wherein the x, y, and z satisfy 0.001≤x/y≤1 and 3.0

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08K 3/22 - Oxides; Hydroxides of metals
  • C08K 7/00 - Use of ingredients characterised by shape

59.

BUBBLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE

      
Application Number 17821872
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-24
First Publication Date 2022-12-22
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Yoshihiko
  • Ishikawa, Shintaro

Abstract

In a bubble measurement device for measuring bubbles moving in a liquid, the bubble measurement device includes a measurement chamber in which the bubbles in the liquid containing solid materials are introduced into the measurement chamber from below the measurement chamber, and providing a transparent slope facing diagonally downward at a position where the introduced bubbles rise, an image capturing device to capture an image of the bubbles passing the transparent slope, an introduction pipe provided below the measurement chamber to introduce the bubbles into the measurement chamber, and a bubble introduction valve that is immersed in the liquid to be measured and performs the introduction and blocking of the bubbles into the introduction pipe.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 21/85 - Investigating moving fluids or granular solids
  • G01N 21/03 - Cuvette constructions
  • C02F 1/24 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flotation
  • B01D 21/00 - Separation of suspended solid particles from liquids by sedimentation

60.

Nickel composite hydroxide and manufacturing method thereof, cathode active material for nonaqueos-electrolyte secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery

      
Application Number 17898027
Grant Number 11876222
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-29
First Publication Date 2022-12-22
Grant Date 2024-01-16
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukui, Atsushi
  • Inoue, Katsuya
  • Oda, Shuhei
  • Toya, Hiroyuki

Abstract

3 at least during the nucleation process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

61.

Nickel manganese composite hydroxide and method for producing same, positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

      
Application Number 17865714
Grant Number 11742483
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-15
First Publication Date 2022-12-15
Grant Date 2023-08-29
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura, Takuma
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Honma, Takehide
  • Ando, Takaaki
  • Yamaji, Koji

Abstract

2+α and contains a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The primary particles have an aspect ratio of at least 3, and at least some of the primary particles are disposed radially from a central part of the secondary particle toward an outer circumference thereof. The secondary particle has a ratio I(101)/I(001) of a diffraction peak intensity I(101) of a 101 plane to a peak intensity I(001) of a 001 plane, measured by an X-ray diffraction measurement, of up to 0.15.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

62.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17761772
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-18
First Publication Date 2022-12-01
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hayashi, Tetsutaro
  • Bong, Shun Kai
  • Kato, Toshihiro

Abstract

A positive electrode active material is constituted by lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles having a layered rock salt type crystal structure and are composed of secondary particles each formed of an aggregation of primary particles. The secondary particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 μm, a BET specific surface area of 1.8 to 5.5 m2/g, a pore peak diameter of 0.01 to 0.30 μm, and a log differential pore volume [dV/d(log D)] of 0.2 to 0.6 ml/g within a range of the pore peak diameter. In each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 μm, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of an additive element M is 1.5 or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/50 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

63.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17761909
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-18
First Publication Date 2022-11-24
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hayashi, Tetsutaro
  • Bong, Shun Kai
  • Suganuma, Shinsuke
  • Kato, Toshihiro
  • Okada, Jiro

Abstract

The positive electrode active material is capable of reducing positive electrode resistance, exhibiting better output characteristics, and having high mechanical strength when the positive electrode active material is used in a lithium ion secondary battery. Secondary particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 μm, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g. In each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 μm, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of an additive element M is 1.5 or less. The volume of a linking section between the primary particles per primary particle, obtained from the total volume of the linking section and the number of primary particles constituting the secondary particles, is 5×105 to 9×107 nm3.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/485 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 50/46 - Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by their combination with electrodes

64.

POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17753751
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-16
First Publication Date 2022-11-24
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Miura, Ayumi

Abstract

A positive-electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, wherein an average pore size of the positive-electrode active material is 0.2 μm to 1.0 μm when a pore size is measured in a range of 0.0036 μm to 400 μm.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general

65.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17625859
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-30
First Publication Date 2022-11-17
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Tsuruta, Sho
  • Ko, Takashi
  • Niina, Fumiharu

Abstract

A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide, in which metal elements constituting the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide include lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and optionally zirconium (Zr), an amount of substance ratio of the elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:Co:Zr:Ti:Nb=a:b:c:d:e:f:g (provided that, 0.97≤a≤1.10, 0.80≤b≤0.88, 0.04≤c≤0.12, 0.04≤d≤0.10, 0≤e≤0.004, 0.003g are satisfied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy

66.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17761852
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-18
First Publication Date 2022-11-17
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hayashi, Tetsutaro
  • Bong, Shun Kai
  • Suganuma, Shinsuke
  • Kato, Toshihiro

Abstract

A positive electrode active material includes lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles containing an additive element M1 and includes a coating layer formed of a metal composite oxide of Li and a metal element M2 on a part of a surface of the particles. The particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 μm, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g. For each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size within a range of 0.1 to 1.0 μm among the primary particles, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of M1 is 1.5 or less, and the amount of M2 is 0.1 to 1.5 atom % with respect to the total number of atoms of Ni, Mn, and Co contained in the composite oxide particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

67.

MINERAL PROCESSING METHOD

      
Application Number 17765398
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-11-13
First Publication Date 2022-11-10
Owner
  • KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION (Japan)
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirajima, Tsuyoshi
  • Miki, Hajime
  • Sasaki, Keiko
  • Suyantara, Gde Pandhe Wisnu
  • Semoto, Yuki
  • Kuroiwa, Shigeto
  • Aoki, Yuji
  • Tanaka, Yoshiyuki

Abstract

Provided is a mineral processing method that can efficiently separate a copper mineral and a molybdenum mineral. A mineral processing method includes a conditioning step of adding a disulfite to a mineral slurry containing a copper mineral and a molybdenum mineral and a flotation step of performing flotation using the mineral slurry after the conditioning step. By selectively enhancing hydrophilicity of the copper mineral with the disulfite, the hydrophilicity between the copper mineral and the molybdenum mineral can be differentiated. Thus, the molybdenum mineral can be selectively floated, and the copper mineral and the molybdenum mineral can be efficiently separated.

IPC Classes  ?

68.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17622401
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-19
First Publication Date 2022-11-10
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakayama, Tomoko
  • Kaneda, Haruki

Abstract

The positive electrode active material has high capacity and high output and exhibiting excellent cycle characteristics when being used for a positive electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains: a lithium-metal composite oxide containing secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles; and a compound containing lithium and tungsten present on surfaces of the primary particles. The amount of tungsten contained in the compound containing lithium and tungsten is 0.5 atom % or more and 3.0 atom % or less in terms of a ratio of the number of atoms of W with respect to the total number of atoms of Ni, Co, and an element M, and a conductivity when the positive electrode active material is compressed to 4.0 g/cm3 as determined by powder resistance measurement is 6×10−3 S/cm or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

69.

Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, method for producing same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

      
Application Number 17864999
Grant Number 11777090
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-14
First Publication Date 2022-11-03
Grant Date 2023-10-03
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakayama, Tomoko
  • Yokoyama, Jun
  • Komukai, Tetsufumi

Abstract

2, where M1 represents at least one kind of element selected from transition metal elements other than Ni, group 2 elements, and group 13 elements, and 0.01≤a≤0.5, and 0.85≤b≤1.05.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/00 - Electrodes
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/133 - Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

70.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17761892
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-18
First Publication Date 2022-10-27
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hayashi, Tetsutaro
  • Bong, Shun Kai
  • Suganuma, Shinsuke
  • Kato, Toshihiro

Abstract

To provide a positive electrode active material capable of further reducing positive electrode resistance and exhibiting better output characteristics. To provide a positive electrode active material capable of further reducing positive electrode resistance and exhibiting better output characteristics. A positive electrode active material includes a coating layer formed of a metal composite oxide of Li and one or more metal elements selected from Al, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W on at least a part of a surface of lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles, and has d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 μm, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g, in which the amount of metal elements other than Li contained in the coating layer is 0.1 to 1.5 atom % with respect to the total number of atoms of Ni, Mn, and Co contained in the composite oxide particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy

71.

Positive electrode material for lithium ion battery, positive electrode for lithium ion battery, and lithium ion battery

      
Application Number 17480496
Grant Number 11831011
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-21
First Publication Date 2022-10-06
Grant Date 2023-11-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nozoe, Tsutomu
  • Nakano, Toyomasa

Abstract

−9.021X  (1)

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

72.

OPTICAL FILM, SPUTTERING TARGET, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM

      
Application Number 17635337
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-24
First Publication Date 2022-10-06
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD (Japan)
Inventor Okami, Hideharu

Abstract

Provided is an optical film (composite tungsten oxide film containing cesium, tungsten, and oxygen), a sputtering target, and a method of producing an optical film by which film formation conditions can be easily obtained. An optical film of the present invention has transmissivity in a visible wavelength band, has absorbance in a near-infrared wavelength band, and has radio wave transparency, characterized in that the optical film comprises cesium, tungsten, and oxygen, and a refractive index n and an extinction coefficient k of the optical film at each of wavelengths [300 nm, 350 nm, 400 nm, 450 nm, . . . , 1700 nm] specified at 50 nm intervals in a wavelength region from 300 nm to 1700 nm are set respectively within specified numerical ranges.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23C 14/34 - Sputtering
  • C23C 14/54 - Controlling or regulating the coating process
  • C23C 14/35 - Sputtering by application of a magnetic field, e.g. magnetron sputtering
  • C23C 14/08 - Oxides
  • C23C 14/00 - Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
  • C03C 17/245 - Oxides by deposition from the vapour phase
  • C03C 17/34 - Surface treatment of glass, e.g. of devitrified glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating with at least two coatings having different compositions
  • G02B 5/20 - Filters
  • H01J 37/34 - Gas-filled discharge tubes operating with cathodic sputtering

73.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17486610
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-27
First Publication Date 2022-10-06
Owner Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshitari, Satoru
  • Nozoe, Tsutomu

Abstract

A positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing an olivine-type phosphate-based compound represented by General Formula LixAyDzPO4 (where A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, V, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 0.9

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/58 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general

74.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17637925
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-08-28
First Publication Date 2022-09-15
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Koyama, Yuki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a hexagonal layered structure and configured by particles including at least either single primary particles or secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles, wherein the particles included in the positive electrode active material have a cross section having one or more crystal faces, and the one or more crystal faces in the particles have an average misorientation of 0.7° or less from a reference orientation of each of the one or more crystal faces.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

75.

NICKEL-MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17828316
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-31
First Publication Date 2022-09-15
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Ando, Takaaki

Abstract

Provided are a positive electrode active material that can provide a secondary battery extremely excellent in output characteristics and having sufficient volume energy density, a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide as a precursor thereof, and methods for producing these. A nickel-manganese composite hydroxide is represented by General Formula (1): NixMnyMz(OH)2+α and contains a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The nickel-manganese composite hydroxide has a half width of a (001) plane of at least 0.40° and has an average degree of sparsity/density represented by [(a void area within the secondary particle/a cross section of the secondary particle)×100] (%) falling within a range of greater than 22% and up to 40%.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

76.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17637938
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-08-28
First Publication Date 2022-09-08
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Furuichi, Yuki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material including a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a hexagonal layered structure and configured by single primary particles or by single primary particles and secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles, wherein a number proportion of the single primary particles to all of the particles is 30% or more, a ratio of a (003) diffraction peak intensity I(003) to a (104) diffraction peak intensity I(104) (I(003)/I(104)) is 2.0 or more, and a degree of circularity is 0.93 or more and 1.00 or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

77.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17637914
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-08-28
First Publication Date 2022-09-08
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material including a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a hexagonal layered structure and configured by particles including at least either single primary particles or secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles, wherein the particles of the positive electrode active material have a cross section having an area proportion of a crystal face having a maximum area in the particle of 80% or more when one crystal face is defined as a region having a crystal misorientation of 15° or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

78.

Nickel powder, method for manufacturing nickel powder, internal electrode paste using nickel powder, and electronic component

      
Application Number 17744086
Grant Number 11772160
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-13
First Publication Date 2022-09-01
Grant Date 2023-10-03
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ishii, Junji
  • Murakami, Shingo
  • Tanaka, Hiroyuki
  • Kamata, Takahiro
  • Terao, Toshiaki
  • Yukinobu, Masaya
  • Watanabe, Yuji
  • Tanimitsu, Tsutomu
  • Kunifusa, Yoshiyuki
  • Nishiyama, Haruo

Abstract

To provide a fine nickel powder for an internal electrode paste of an electronic component, the nickel powder obtained by a wet method and having high crystallinity, excellent sintering characteristics, and heat-shrinking characteristics. The nickel powder is obtained by precipitating nickel by a reduction reaction in a reaction solution including at least water-soluble nickel salt, salt of metal nobler than nickel, hydrazine as a reducing agent, and alkali metal hydroxide as a pH adjusting agent and water; the reaction solution is prepared by mixing a nickel salt solution including the water-soluble nickel salt and the salt of metal nobler than nickel with a mixed reducing agent solution including hydrazine and alkali metal hydroxide; and the hydrazine is additionally added to the reaction solution after a reduction reaction initiates in the reaction solution.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22F 9/24 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with reduction of metal compounds starting from liquid metal compounds, e.g. solutions
  • H01B 1/22 - Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material the conductive material comprising metals or alloys
  • H01B 1/02 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of metals or alloys
  • C22C 19/03 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on nickel
  • B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
  • B22F 1/16 - Metallic particles coated with a non-metal

79.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17622485
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-08
First Publication Date 2022-08-25
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato, Toshihiro
  • Hayashi, Tetsutaro
  • Bong, Willy Shun Kai

Abstract

The method includes: a dry mixing process of mixing a tungsten compound with a lithium nickel manganese cobalt-containing composite oxide that is a base material to obtain a mixture; a water spray mixing process of spraying water to the mixture while the mixture is stirred, to mix the mixture; a heat treatment process of subjecting the mixture obtained after the water spray mixing process to a heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or lower; and a drying process of drying the mixture obtained after the heat treatment process at a temperature of 500° C. or lower to obtain a W- and Li-containing compound-coated lithium nickel manganese cobalt-containing composite oxide in which fine particles and coating films of a W- and Li-containing compound exist on a surface of the primary particles, and in at least drying process, the drying is performed using a vacuum dry mixing apparatus in a vacuum atmosphere.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

80.

INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

      
Application Number 17623564
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-07-09
First Publication Date 2022-08-11
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsunematsu, Hirofumi
  • Chonan, Takeshi
  • Okada, Mika
  • Fukuyama, Hideaki

Abstract

An infrared-absorbing fine particle-containing composition, including: infrared absorbing fine particles, a dispersant, and a solvent, wherein the dispersant has a polyether structure, has a glass transition temperature of −150° C. or higher and 0° C. or lower, and is contained in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the infrared absorbing fine particles, and a solvent content is 10 mass % or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09D 5/32 - Radiation-absorbing paints
  • C09D 7/61 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic
  • C09D 11/03 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder
  • C09D 171/00 - Coating compositions based on polyethers obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers

81.

Nickel powder and method for producing nickel powder

      
Application Number 17630330
Grant Number 11850665
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-30
First Publication Date 2022-08-11
Grant Date 2023-12-26
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kumagai, Yuki
  • Igari, Atsushi
  • Shin, Minseob
  • Suto, Shingo
  • Yukinobu, Masaya

Abstract

Provided is a nickel powder in which growth of the nickel hydroxide component into a plate-shaped crystal is suppressed in the oxide film, and the content of coarse particles containing plate-shaped nickel hydroxide is small, and provided is a method for manufacturing the nickel powder by a wet process in which the nickel powder can be produced further simply and easily. A nickel powder including: particles having a substantially spherical shape and a number average size of 0.03 μm to 0.4 μm; and an oxide film, on the particle surface, containing a basic salt of nickel hydroxide, wherein the content of coarse particles having a particle size of more than 0.8 μm is 200 mass ppm or less, and the content of coarse particles having a particle size of more than 1.2 μm is 100 mass ppm or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B22F 9/04 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling
  • B22F 9/24 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with reduction of metal compounds starting from liquid metal compounds, e.g. solutions
  • B22F 1/16 - Metallic particles coated with a non-metal
  • B22F 1/065 - Spherical particles
  • B22F 1/145 - Chemical treatment, e.g. passivation or decarburisation
  • B22F 1/054 - Nanosized particles
  • B22F 1/00 - Metallic powder; Treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties
  • B22F 1/12 - Metallic powder containing non-metallic particles
  • B32B 5/16 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by features of a layer formed of particles, e.g. chips, chopped fibres, powder

82.

POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17595858
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-05-28
First Publication Date 2022-07-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Ando, Takaaki

Abstract

A positive-electrode active material precursor for lithium-ion secondary battery includes: a metal complex hydroxide particle, that includes nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), zirconium (Zr), and an additive element M (M). When a linear analysis is performed by EDX on a cross section of the metal complex hydroxide particle along a direction of diameter from a center, a ratio of a maximum zirconium concentration to an average zirconium concentration is 2 or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel

83.

ANTI-COUNTERFEIT INK COMPOSITION, ANTI-COUNTERFEIT INK, AND ANTI-COUNTERFEIT PRINTED PRODUCT

      
Application Number 17595944
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-05-25
First Publication Date 2022-07-21
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsunematsu, Hirofumi
  • Chonan, Takeshi

Abstract

The present invention provides an anti-counterfeit ink composition including organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles, and either a dispersant or a surfactant, or both, wherein the organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles include infrared absorbing particles and a coating resin that covers at least a part of a surface of the infrared absorbing particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
  • C09D 11/106 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
  • B41M 3/14 - Security printing

84.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17598432
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-02-21
First Publication Date 2022-06-09
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, in which a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide has a hexagonal layered structure, a mole number ratio of metal elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:M:Ti=a:(1−x−y−z):x:y:z, provided that 0.97≤a≤1.25, 0.05≤x≤0.15, 0≤y≤0.15, and 0.01≤z≤0.05, a ratio of a total amount of peak intensities of most intense lines of a titanium compound to a (003) diffraction peak intensity in XRD measurement is 0.2 or less, and a volume resistivity as determined by powder compact resistivity measurement compressed to 4.0 g/cm3 is 1.0×102 Ω·cm or more and 1.0×104 Ω·cm or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

85.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17598460
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-02-21
First Publication Date 2022-06-09
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, in which a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide has a hexagonal layered structure, a mole number ratio of metal elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:M:Ti=a:(1-x-y-z):x:y:z, provided that 0.97≤a≤1.25, 0.05≤x≤0.15, 0≤y≤0.15, and 0.01≤z≤0.05, a ratio of a total amount of peak intensities of most intense lines of a titanium compound to a (003) diffraction peak intensity in XRD measurement is 0.2 or less, a crystallite diameter at (003) plane is 160 nm to 300 nm, and an amount of lithium to be eluted in water when the positive electrode active material is immersed in water is 0.07% by mass or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

86.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NICKEL AND COBALT-CONTAINING SOLUTION FROM HYDROXIDE CONTAINING NICKEL AND COBALT

      
Application Number 17437588
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-03-16
First Publication Date 2022-05-19
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ohara, Hideki
  • Sanjo, Shota
  • Takano, Masatoshi
  • Asano, Satoshi
  • Kobayashi, Hiroshi
  • Senba, Yusuke
  • Watanabe, Hiroto

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a cobalt-nickel-containing solution including: preparing a crude nickel hydroxide and/or a crude cobalt hydroxide as a starting material, the crude nickel or cobalt hydroxide containing cobalt and nickel and elements except the cobalt and nickel as impurities, the crude nickel hydroxide containing the nickel more than the cobalt, and the crude cobalt hydroxide containing the cobalt more than the nickel; a water-washing process for obtaining a post-water-washing crude hydroxide from the starting material; a leaching process for obtaining a post-leaching solution from the post-water-washing crude hydroxide; a neutralization process of subjecting the post-leaching solution to neutralization and solid-liquid-separation to remove the impurities as a post-neutralization residue containing one or more of iron, silicon, aluminum, and chromium, thereby obtaining a post-neutralization solution; and an extraction process of subjecting the post-neutralization solution to solvent extraction to obtain a post-extraction solution containing cobalt and nickel with the impurities reduced.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C22B 3/00 - Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
  • C22B 3/08 - Sulfuric acid
  • C22B 3/38 - Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by liquid-liquid extraction using organic compounds containing phosphorus

87.

NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17606663
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-04-24
First Publication Date 2022-05-19
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamauchi, Mitsuru
  • Ito, Tai
  • Komukai, Tetsufumi

Abstract

A nickel composite hydroxide includes nickel, cobalt, manganese, and an element M with an atomic ratio of Ni:Co:Mn:M=1−x1−y1−z1:x1:y1:z1 (wherein M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of a transition metal element other than Ni, Co, Mn, a II group element, and a XIII group element, 0.15≤0.25, 0.15≤y1≤0.25, 0≤z1≤0.1), the nickel composite hydroxide having a cobalt or manganese rich layer from a surface of a particle of the secondary particles toward an inside of the secondary particles and a layered low-density layer between the cobalt or manganese rich layer and a center of the particle of the secondary particles, and a thickness of the cobalt or manganese rich layer and low-density layer is 1% or more and 10% or less to a diameter of the secondary particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides

88.

NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, LITHIUM NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE OXIDE, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17425031
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-26
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshita, Hiroko
  • Ryoshi, Kazuomi

Abstract

A nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor of a positive electrode active material and is composed of secondary particles to which primary particles containing a nickel, manganese, and cobalt are aggregated, or composed of the primary and secondary particles, wherein a sodium content contained in the nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide is less than 0.0005% by mass, and a void ratio of particles is more than 50% to 80%. Also, a ratio of an average particle size of a lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide divided by an average particle size of the nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor, is 0.95 to 1.05, and further, when observing 100 or more particles selected randomly by a scanning electron microscope, a number that an aggregation of secondary particles is observed is 5% or less with respect to a total number of observed secondary particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/1391 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids

89.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17310692
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-02-19
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Nakamura, Takuma

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains lithium composite oxide particles, the lithium composite oxide particles including lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), zirconium (Zr), and an additive element M (M) in an amount of substance ratio of Li:Ni:Mn:Zr:M=a:b:c:d:e, wherein 0.95≤a≤1.20, 0.10≤b<0.70, 0.01≤c≤0.50, 0.0003≤d≤0.02, and 0.01≤e≤0.50, and the additive element M is one or more elements selected from Co, W, Mo, V, Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, and Ta, wherein, a half-value width of a peak of (003) plane calculated from an X-ray diffraction pattern in the lithium composite oxide is 0.055° or more and 0.065° or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

90.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17310693
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-02-19
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Koshika, Yuki

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing lithium composite oxide particles, the lithium composite oxide particles including lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), zirconium (Zr), and an additive element M (M) in an amount of substance ratio of Li:Ni:Mn:Zr:M=a:b:c:d:e, wherein 0.95≤a≤1.20, 0.70≤b≤0.98, 0.01≤c≤0.20, 0.0003≤d≤0.01, and 0.01≤e≤0.20, and the additive element M is one or more elements selected from Co, W, Mo, V, Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, and Ta, wherein, a unit lattice volume V (Å3) determined from lattice constants a and c that are calculated from an X-ray diffraction pattern in the lithium composite oxide is 117.5 Å3 or more and 118.0 Å3 or less, and a ratio I(003)/I(104) of a peak strength I(003) of a (003) plane to a peak strength In(104) of a (104) plane is 1.70 or more.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general

91.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17310694
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-02-19
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Owner SUMITOMO METAL, MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Morizane, Kenta

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing lithium composite oxide particles is provided, the lithium composite oxide particles including lithium, nickel, manganese, zirconium, and an additive element M in an amount of substance ratio of Li:Ni:Mn:Zr:M=a:b:c:d:e, wherein 0.95≤a≤1.20, 0.10≤b<0.70, 0.01≤c≤0.50, 0.0003≤d≤0.02, and 0.01≤e≤0.50, and the additive element M is one or more elements selected from Co, W, Mo, V, Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, and Ta. A half-value width FWHM(003) of a peak of a (003) plane and a half-value width FWHM(104) of a peak of a (104) plane calculated from an X-ray diffraction pattern in the lithium composite oxide satisfy the relation FWHM(104)≥FWHM(003)×2.90−0.10.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general

92.

NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, LITHIUM NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE OXIDE, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17425152
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-26
First Publication Date 2022-04-21
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshita, Hiroko
  • Ryoshi, Kazuomi

Abstract

A nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor of a positive electrode active material, and which is composed of secondary particles to which primary particles containing a nickel, a manganese, and a cobalt are aggregated, or composed of the primary particles and the secondary particles, wherein a sodium content contained in the nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide is less than 0.0005% by mass. Also, a ratio of an average particle size of a lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide divided by an average particle size of the nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor, is 0.95 to 1.05, and further, when observing 100 or more particles of the lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide selected randomly by a scanning electron microscope, a number that an aggregation of secondary particles is observed is 5% or less with respect to a total number of observed secondary particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

93.

Method for manufacturing cathode active material for lithium ion secondary battery

      
Application Number 17264963
Grant Number 11695116
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-03
First Publication Date 2022-04-14
Grant Date 2023-07-04
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kanada, Satoshi
  • Hayashi, Tetsutaro

Abstract

The cathode active material is capable of reducing cathode resistance of a secondary battery by enhancing electron conductivity thereof without reducing discharge capacity of the secondary battery. The method for manufacturing a cathode active material includes: mixing transition metal-containing composite compound particles containing lanthanum with a lithium compound to obtain a lithium mixture; calcinating the lithium mixture at a temperature equal to or lower than the melting point of the lithium compound; and then subjecting the lithium mixture to main firing at a firing temperature within a range of 725° C. to 1000° C. Lithium carbonate is preferably used as the lithium compound, and in this case, the calcination temperature is within a range of 600° C. to 723° C. It is preferable to obtain the transition metal-containing composite compound particles containing lanthanum by a coprecipitation method and to uniformly disperse a lanthanum element in the particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

94.

NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, LITHIUM NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM COMPOSITE OXIDE, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17425102
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-26
First Publication Date 2022-04-07
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshita, Hiroko
  • Ryoshi, Kazuomi

Abstract

A nickel cobalt aluminum composite hydroxide, which is a precursor of a positive electrode active material, and which is composed of secondary particles to which primary particles containing a nickel, a cobalt, and an aluminum are aggregated, or composed of the primary particles and the secondary particles, wherein a sodium content contained in the nickel cobalt aluminum composite hydroxide is less than 0.0005% by mass. Also, a ratio of an average particle size of a lithium nickel cobalt aluminum composite oxide divided by an average particle size of the nickel cobalt aluminum composite hydroxide, which is a precursor, is 0.95 to 1.05, and further, when observing 100 or more particles of the lithium nickel cobalt aluminum composite oxide selected randomly by a scanning electron microscope, a number that an aggregation of secondary particles is observed is 5% or less with respect to a total number of observed secondary particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

95.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MOLDED BODY

      
Application Number 17421862
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-23
First Publication Date 2022-04-07
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Suzuki, Jun

Abstract

A method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing lithium-nickel composite oxide, includes: mixing a nickel compound, a lithium compound, and organic compound particles to obtain a lithium mixture; molding the lithium mixture to obtain a molded body; firing the molded body to obtain a fired body; and crushing the fired body to obtain lithium-nickel composite oxide powder.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general

96.

NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, LITHIUM NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT COMPOSITE OXIDE, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17424949
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-26
First Publication Date 2022-03-31
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshita, Hiroko
  • Ryoshi, Kazuomi

Abstract

A nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor of positive electrode active material, and composed of secondary particles wherein primary particles containing nickel, manganese, and cobalt are aggregated, or composed of primary and secondary particles, wherein sodium content contained in nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide is less than 0.0005% by mass, and void ratio of particles of nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide is 20% to 50%. Also, ratio of average particle size of lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide divided by average particle size of nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor, is 0.95 to 1.05, and further, when observing 100 or more particles of lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide selected randomly by scanning electron microscope, number that aggregation of secondary particles is observed is 5% or less with respect to total number of observed secondary particles.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/1391 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries

97.

SURFACE-TREATED INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLES, SURFACE-TREATED INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLE POWDER, INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION IN WHICH SAID SURFACE-TREATED INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLES ARE USED, INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLE DISPERSOID, AND INFRARED-ABSORBING SUBSTRATE

      
Application Number 17424698
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-12
First Publication Date 2022-03-17
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsunematsu, Hirofumi
  • Chonan, Takeshi

Abstract

Provided are surface-treated infrared-absorbing fine particles that are infrared-absorbing fine particles each having a crystallite size greater than or equal to 30 nm and a surface that is coated with a coating layer that contains at least one selected from a hydrolysis product of a metal chelate compound, a polymer of the hydrolysis product of the metal chelate compound, a hydrolysis product of a metal cyclic oligomer compound, and a polymer of the hydrolysis product of the metal cyclic oligomer compound.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C01G 41/02 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • G02B 1/12 - Optical coatings produced by application to, or surface treatment of, optical elements by surface treatment, e.g. by irradiation

98.

FROTH BUBBLE MOVING SPEED MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING FROTH BUBBLE MOVING SPEED, FLOTATION APPARATUS AND FLOTATION METHOD USING SAME

      
Application Number 17455076
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-16
First Publication Date 2022-03-10
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Sugihara, Jun

Abstract

A froth bubble moving speed measuring device includes a light source configured to illuminate an upper surface of a flotation tank, an imaging unit configured to capture at least a part of the upper surface of the flotation tank, and an arithmetic processing unit configured to calculate a moving speed of a froth bubble by calculating a moving distance of the froth bubble based on the image processed by the image processing unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01P 5/20 - Measuring speed of fluids, e.g. of air stream; Measuring speed of bodies relative to fluids, e.g. of ship, of aircraft by measuring the time taken by the fluid to traverse a fixed distance using particles entrained by a fluid stream
  • B03D 1/02 - Froth-flotation processes
  • B03D 1/16 - Flotation machines with impellers; Subaeration machines
  • G06T 7/00 - Image analysis

99.

Positive electrode active material precursor for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for manufacturing positive electrode active material precursor for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

      
Application Number 17455281
Grant Number 11949102
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-17
First Publication Date 2022-03-10
Grant Date 2024-04-02
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumoto, Satoshi
  • Ryoshi, Kazuomi
  • Uekusa, Kikoo

Abstract

3 (where x+y+z+t=1, 0.05≤x≤0.3, 0.1≤y≤0.4, 0.55≤z≤0.8, 0≤t≤0.1, and M denotes at least one additional element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W) and a hydrogen-containing functional group. The ratio H/Me of the amount of hydrogen H to the amount of metal components Me included in the positive electrode active material precursor is less than 1.60. The positive electrode active material further includes a secondary particle formed by a plurality of primary particles that have been aggregated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/50 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese
  • C01G 51/00 - Compounds of cobalt
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • C01G 53/06 - Carbonates
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

100.

PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR NICKEL SULFATE SOLUTION

      
Application Number 17413748
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-10-23
First Publication Date 2022-02-24
Owner SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Ishida, Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a production method and a production apparatus that increase a throughput of nickel sulfate per equipment. A first dissolution step I of introducing a nickel briquette, sulfuric acid, and water to a leaching tank (1) and dissolving the nickel briquette to obtain a primary nickel sulfate solution, and a second dissolution step II of introducing the primary nickel sulfate solution and additionally introducing a nickel briquette to a leaching adjustment tank (2) and dissolving the additionally introduced nickel briquette with free sulfuric acid in the primary nickel sulfate solution to obtain a nickel sulfate solution are executed in this order. With the leaching adjustment tank (2) having a role as a concentration adjustment tank that increases a nickel concentration and decreases a free sulfuric acid concentration, and the leaching tank (1) supplied with the sulfuric acid and the water in addition to the nickel briquette, a continuous dissolution is achievable without increasing a retention time and without unnecessarily enlarging the equipment.

IPC Classes  ?

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