US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on May 27 for "Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,917, issued on May 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Hiroshi Kawada (Hyogo, Japan) and Mitsuhiro Hibino (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to the present invention comprises: a lithium transition metal composite oxide which has a spinel structure; and a coating layer which is provided on the surface of the lithium transition metal comp...