US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 20 for "Method of producing negative electrode, negative electrode, and lithium-ion secondary battery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,436, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Method of producing negative electrode, negative electrode, and lithium-ion secondary battery" was invented by Atsushi Sugihara (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a negative electrode includes at least the following (A) to (C): (A) mixing powder consisting of lithium titanate oxide particles, a binder, and a solvent to prepare a particle-dispersed liquid; (B) granulating powder consisting of graphite-based particles by using the particle-dispersed liquid to prepare wet granules; and (C) forming the wet granules into a negativ...