US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 20 for "Zinc secondary battery and separator for zinc secondary battery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,470, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Zinc secondary battery and separator for zinc secondary battery" was invented by Hiroshi Suyama (Mishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zinc secondary battery includes a negative electrode body, a separator for the zinc secondary battery, and a positive electrode body provided in this order, and each impregnated with an electrolyte. The negative electrode body includes a negative electrode active material layer including zinc and zinc oxide. The positive electrode body includes a positive electrode active material layer including at least one nickel...