US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Nov. 3 for "Active material, method of manufacturing the same, electrode, and secondary battery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,673, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Active material, method of manufacturing the same, electrode, and secondary battery" was invented by Daisuke Ito (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active material includes lithium, silicon, oxygen, a first element, a second element, and a third element as constituent elements. The first element includes boron, phosphorus, or both. The second element includes at least one of an alkali metal element, a transition element, or a typical element. The alkali metal element excludes lithium. The typical element excludes lithium, silicon, oxygen...