Hitachi, Ltd.

Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Toyotaka Yuasa

Masahiro Kasai

Hiroshi Sasaki

Mitsuru Kobayashi

Tomoichi Kamo

Masahiro Kawasaki

Shinpei Matsuda

Hiroyuki Kagawa

Kazuhide Tanaka

Toshiya Doi

Hiroaki Konishi

Genei Nakajima

Kan Kitagawa

Michiya Okada

Katsuzo Aihara

Takefumi Okumura

Kenichi Souma

Kohhei Aida

Yasuhiko Tada

Toshimi Matsumoto

Yoshimi Yanai

Masanori Yoshikawa

Sai Ogawa

Takahiro Yamaki

Takeshi Ozawa

Sukekazu Aratani

Toshihide Nabatame

Shin Takahashi

Yukio Saito

Kazutoshi Higashiyama

Yoshihide Wadayama

Takashi Nakabayashi

Shuichi Takano

Takesi Ozawa

Ryou Nishiwaki

Masanari Oda

Tatsuya Tooyama

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system which, in a product delivery procedure, monitors and manages, more simply and reliably, a deviation from a managed temperature during shipment. To solve the problem, provided is a logistics system, comprising: an information reading and transmitting device which reads an information code which is provided on a product and transmits data which is included in the information code; a server which accumulates, via a communications network, the data which is transmitted from the information reading and transmitting device; and a terminal device which refers to the data which is accumulated in the server via the communications network. The information code is formed from a pattern which changes with an occurrence of a deviation from a specified temperature. The system employs the information code.

Logistics system

A purpose of the present invention is to provide a temperature history indicator that allows for visual confirmation of whether the temperature is at or below a prescribed temperature as well as simple conversion of this information into data. A temperature history indicator according to the present invention is characterized by being provided with a label layer and a temperature-indicating layer laminated above or below the label layer, wherein the temperature-indicating layer includes a substance having at crystallization starting temperature of 10&#xb0; C. or lower and a melting point at least 20&#xb0; C. higher than the crystallization starting temperature.

Temperature history indicator

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a temperature sensing body capable of sensing both a temperature increase and a temperature decrease, and having an anti-tampering function. In order to solve said problem, this temperature sensing body is characterized by including: a first ink in which a temperature Tfor initiating color disappearance when the temperature rises and a temperature Tfor initiating color development when the temperature falls are different; and a second ink in which a temperature Tfor initiating color disappearance when the temperature rises and a temperature Tfor initiating color development when the temperature falls are different, wherein the temperature Tfor initiating color disappearance, the temperature Tfor initiating color development, the temperature Tfor initiating color disappearance, and the temperature Tfor initiating color development have the relationship, T&#x3c;T&#x3c;T&#x3c;T.

Temperature sensing body

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a temperature traceable indicator capable not only of displaying temperature history, but also adding other additional information. To that end, a temperature traceable indicator according to the present invention is provided with a base material and a temperature indicating laminate disposed on the base material, and is characterized in that the temperature indicating laminate is provided with a coloring layer including a color former, a color developing layer including a color developer for inducing the coloration of the color former, and a barrier layer disposed between the coloring layer and color developing layer, and the barrier layer includes a barrier agent that is immiscible with the color developer, is frozen at a first temperature, and melts beyond a second temperature so as to allow the color developer to become diffused in the coloring layer so that color is produced.

Temperature traceable indicator and method for manufacturing same

A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous secondary battery having high capacity and high rate characteristics is intended to be provided. Further, a positive electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery are intended to be provided by using the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material for the non-aqueous secondary battery contains a lithium composite oxide having an olivine structure represented by the chemical formula: LiMnM(PO)in which A&#x3e;0, B&#x3e;0, M represents a metal element, M in the chemical formula is one or more metal elements selected from Fe, Ni, Co, Ti, Cu, Zn, Mg, V, and Zr, the ratio A/B in the chemical formula is within a range of: 2&#x3c;A/B&#x2266;7, and the value of X is within a range of: 0.3&#x2266;X&#x3c;1.

Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, as well as non-aqueous secondary battery using positive electrode active material

A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium ion battery includes a mixture layer including a positive-electrode active material, a conducting agent, and a binder and a collector having the mixture layer formed on the surface thereof. The positive-electrode active material is a composite oxide having an olivine structure expressed by a formula LiMPO(where M represents a transition metal including at least one of Fe and Mn and a and x satisfy 0&#x3c;a&#x2266;1.1 and 0.9&#x2266;x&#x2266;1.1). The conducting agent includes fibrous carbon. A carbon coating layer is formed on the surface of the collector. A part of the positive-electrode active material and a part of the fibrous carbon enter pits formed in the carbon coating layer.

Positive electrode for rechargeable lithium ion battery, rechargeable lithium ion battery, and battery module

A cathode material with excellent capacity and output characteristics and safety, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the same is provided. The invention relates to a cathode material which includes a mixture of a cathode active material having a large primary particle size with excellent capacity characteristics and represented by the composition formula: LiNiMnCoO, where 0.2&#x2266;x1&#x2266;1.2, 0.6&#x2266;a1, 0.05&#x2266;b1&#x2266;0.3, 0.05&#x2266;c1&#x2266;0.3, and another cathode active material having a small primary particle size with excellent output characteristics and represented by the composition formula: LiNiMnCoO, where 0.2&#x2266;x2&#x2266;1.2, a2&#x2266;0.5, 0.05&#x2266;b2&#x2266;0.5, 0.05&#x2266;c2&#x2266;0.5. The invention also relates to a lithium ion secondary battery using the cathode material.

Cathode material for Li ion secondary battery and Li ion secondary battery using the same

This invention provides a positive electrode material having high capacity and safety, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the positive electrode material, the lithium ion secondary battery using a positive electrode active substance comprising a first transition metal oxide represented by the compositional formula: LiNiMnCoMO; a second transition metal oxide represented by the compositional formula: LiNiMnCoMO; and a third transition metal oxide represented by the compositional formula: LiNiMnCoMO; in which a3&#x3c;a2&#x3c;a1.

Positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery using the same

A lithium ion secondary battery according to the present invention uses a cathode material obtained by mixing a first cathode active substance represented by a compositional formula: LiNiMnCOO(in which&#x2266;x&#x2266;1.2,&#x2266;a&#x2266;,&#x2266;b&#x2266;,&#x2266;c&#x2266;, and a+b+c=); and a second cathode active substance represented by a compositional formula: LiNiMnCOMO(in which&#x2266;x&#x2266;,&#x2266;a&#x2266;,&#x2266;b&#x2266;,&#x2266;c&#x2266;, M=Mo, W, 0&#x2266;d&#x2266;, and a+b+c+d=).

Cathode material for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery using it

It is an object to provide a cathode for a secondary lithium battery in which adhesiveness and flexibility thereof are simultaneously achieved and the thickness thereof is made large, and the secondary lithium ion battery that has a large capacity and is excellent in safety and cycle life using the cathode. The cathode includes a current collector and a cathode mixture layer formed on the surface of the current collector. The cathode mixture layer is formed by stacking two layers one on another, each of which contains a cathode active material, a conductive material and a binder, and the cathode active material contains a lithium-containing composite oxide that forms a polyanion. Of the two layers, the binder that composes a first layer that is in contact with the current collector contains a polymer formed by polymerizing at least one of monomers consisting of a monomer derived from 1-olefin and a monomer derived from a vinyl compound; and the binder that forms a second layer formed on the first layer contains a fluorine resin.

Secondary lithium battery

The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery which has improved safety, mainly coming from use of an electrolyte solution which is not inflammable at room temperature (20&#xb0; C.), while not deteriorating output characteristics at low temperatures and room temperature or output maintenance characteristics after storage at high temperature (50&#xb0; C.). The lithium secondary battery of the present invention, encased in a container, is provided with a cathode and an anode, both capable of storing/releasing lithium ions, a separator which separates these electrodes from each other, and an electrolyte solution containing a cyclic carbonate and a linear carbonate as solvents and a compound such as VC at composition ratios of 18.0 to 30.0%, 74.0 to 81.9% and 0.1 to 1.0%, respectively, based on the whole solvents, all percentages by volume.

Lithium secondary battery

The object of the invention is to provide positive electrode material in which a discharge rate characteristic and battery capacity are hardly deteriorated in the environment of low temperature of &#x2212;30&#xb0; C., its manufacturing method and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode material. The invention is characterized by the positive electrode material in which plural primary particles are flocculated and a secondary particle is formed, and the touch length of the primary particles is equivalent to 10 to 70% of the length of the whole periphery on the section of the touched primary particles.

Positive electrode material, its manufacturing method and lithium secondary battery

A positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery having high electron conductivity even at very low temperatures and a lithium secondary battery with the use of the positive electrode material are provided. The positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery has secondary particles formed of primary particles made of lithium complex oxides composited with ultrathin carbon fibers having lengths equal to or smaller than the diameters of the secondary particles of the positive electrode active material. The ultrathin carbon fibers have opposite ends from which an electrolytic solution moves in and out.

Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery

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