ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,016, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Method for manufacturing electrode, classification system, and, electrode material" 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: "An electrode material containing active material powder is prepared. Dry classification of the electrode material is performed by a classifier. An electrode is manufactured by using the electrode material subjected to the dry class...