US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO METAL MINING on Sept. 30 for "Nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, method for producing nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide, and lithium ion secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,494, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SUMITOMO METAL MINING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, method for producing nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide, and lithium ion secondary battery" was invented by Hiroko Oshita (Ehime, Japan) and Kazuomi Ryoshi (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel manganese cobalt composite hydroxide, which is a precursor of a positive electrode active material and is composed of secondary particles to which primary particles containing a nickel, manganese, and cobalt are aggregated, or composed of the pr...