ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,221, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Method of manufacturing electrode" was invented by Takenori Ikeda (Owariasahi, Japan), Satoshi Moriyama (Nagoya, Japan), Shugo Daikuhara (Nisshin, Japan), Takeshi Kondo (Kariya, Japan), Tomoyuki Tasaki (Kariya, Japan) and Tomokuni Abe (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an electrode includes a step of preparing a granulated material containing an electrode active material, a binder, and a solvent, a step of compressing the granulated material between a pair of rolls, to form an electrode composite layer, and a step of pla...