US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on April 7 for "Negative electrode for secondary battery, and secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,633, issued on April 7, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Negative electrode for secondary battery, and secondary battery" was invented by Ami Onuma (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinji Hayazaki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes a silicon-containing material and a plurality of single-walled carbon nanotubes. The single-walled carbon nanotubes have a maximum outer diameter of 5 nanometers or less."

The patent was filed on April 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/723,861. ...