US Patent Issued to SK ON on June 17 for "Cathode active material precursor, cathode active material, lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,553, issued on June 17, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode active material precursor, cathode active material, lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jik Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Hoon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kook Hyun Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material precursor according to embodiments of the present invention includes a composite hydroxide particle in which primary precursor particles are aggregated. The primary precursor particles include a particle having a triangular shape in which a minimum inter...