US Patent Issued to BASF TODA Battery Materials, GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL on June 24 for "Positive active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,192, issued on June 24, was assigned to BASF TODA Battery Materials LLC (Tokyo) and GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Positive active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Taisei Inoue (Yamaguchi, Japan), Daisuke Nishikawa (Yamaguchi, Japan) and Katsuya Inoue (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a "lithium-excess-type" active material in which a decrease in potential associated with a charge-discharge cycle is suppressed. Disclosed is a positive active material ...