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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/024 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/024 ;
Abstract
A rechargeable lithium battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The active material of the positive or negative electrode is tungsten complex sulfide, either with or without addition of lithium thereto. The tungsten complex sulfide contains tungsten, sulfur and at least one transition metal selected from Cu, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni, and has substantially the same crystal structure as WS,.