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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:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Moriguchi, JP;
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Hyogo, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/58 ; H01M 1/044 ; H01M 4/88 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/58 ; H01M 1/044 ; H01M 4/88 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery having great capacity density per volume and weight. The lithium secondary battery contains a positive electrode having Li—Bi alloy or Li—Sb alloy as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte.