ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,209, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, negative electrode, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Keita Okazaki (Osaka, Japan) and Norihisa Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present invention, negative electrode active material particles for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which can suppress decrease of charging and discharging cycle characteristics, are each provided with: a composite particle that includes a silicate phase an...