US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 13 for "Positive electrode active material, positive electrode, battery, battery pack, electronic device, electric vehicle, power storage device, and power system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,778, issued on May 13, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material, positive electrode, battery, battery pack, electronic device, electric vehicle, power storage device, and power system" was invented by Takeshi Miyazaki (Kyoto, Japan), Katsunori Takahara (Kyoto, Japan) and Yosuke Murakami (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a positive electrode including powder of a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte. The powder of the positive electrode active material includes particles, which have a grain boundary and in whi...