US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Honda Motor on April 7 for "Lithium manganese composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,594, issued on April 7, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Lithium manganese composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material" was invented by Akihiro Kushima (Orlando, Fla.), Takashi Hakari (Wako, Japan), Yoshiyuki Morita (Wako, Japan), Yoshiya Fujiwara (Wako, Japan), Akihisa Tanaka (Wako, Japan) and Kazumasa Sakatsume (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel-free and cobalt-free cathode for a lithium (Li) battery is provided. The lithium manganese composite oxide material of the cathode has a sloping discharge v...