US Patent Issued to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL on March 18 for "Negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method for producing negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,313, issued on March 18, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method for producing negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Kohta Takahashi (Takasaki, Japan), Takakazu Hirose (Annaka, Japan) and Takumi Matsuno (Annaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle con...