US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Oct. 20 for "Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary battery, and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,874, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary battery, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Kumi Yoshihara (Anan, Japan), Kosuke Shimokita (Tokushima, Japan), Kiyoto Ikebata (Tokushima, Japan) and Takashi Sugimoto (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a positive-electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a lithium transition metal composite oxide particle having a layered structure and containing nickel, and an oxide containing lithium and aluminum and an oxide containing lit...