US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 30 for "Method of producing electrode" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,072, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Method of producing electrode" was invented by Shugo Daikuhara (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active material powder that includes a foreign particle and an active material particle is prepared. A first electrode material that includes the active material powder is prepared. Dry classification treatment is performed on the first electrode material, and thereby the foreign particle included in the first electrode material is decreased. An active material layer that includes the first electrode material after the dry classification treatmen...