ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,454, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electrode sheet manufacturing method" was invented by Shugo Daikuhara (Nisshin, Japan), Takenori Ikeda (Owariasahi, Japan), Satoshi Moriyama (Nagoya, Japan), Yuta Kawamoto (Kariya, Japan), Keigo Oyaizu (Kariya, Japan) and Suguru Nomimura (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode sheet manufacturing method includes preparing a wet powder that contains an active material and a volatile liquid, and of which a BET specific surface area is 50 cm2/g or more, performing film formation of an active material sheet by spreading the wet powder, and ma...