ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,824, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Takatoshi Munaoka (Kyoto, Japan), Shinichi Katayama (Kyoto, Japan), Atsushi Ouki (Kyoto, Japan), Masaki Kuratsuka (Kyoto, Japan), Takashige Fujikawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Yousuke Shima (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide. The negative electrode includes a lithium-titanium composite oxide. The electrolytic solution includes a carboxylic acid es...