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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001

Filed:

Jul. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hideki Tomiyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshiaki Noda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/66 ; H01M 4/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/66 ; H01M 4/64 ;
Abstract

A nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed, comprising a positive electrode sheet containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode sheet containing a negative electrode material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, wherein a current collector of said positive electrode sheet is made of an aluminum foil containing 0.6 to 2% by weight of manganese and not more than 1.5% by weight of magnesium and has a thickness of 5 to 200 &mgr;mm. The positive electrode current collector has improved mechanical strength against stress imposed during activation and charge and discharge cycles.


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