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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Valence Technology, Inc., Henderson, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429218 ;
Abstract
Provided by the present invention is a new cathode material comprised of a lithiated zirconium, titanium or hafnium oxide. The oxide is of the formula Li.sub.2 MXO.sub.4, where M is preferably a transition metal such as Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, V, Cu, or Cr, and X is zirconium, titanium or hafnium. The cathode material provides a useful composite cathode when combined with a polymeric binder and carbon.