ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,629, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Negative electrode" was invented by Masaki Kato (Toyota, Japan) and Koji Takahata (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a negative electrode in which during manufacture thereof a negative electrode paste has an appropriate viscosity, and which is capable of preventing an increase in resistance of a battery when left at a high temperature for a long period of time. A negative electrode disclosed herein includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer supported by the negative electrode cur...