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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/32 ;
Abstract
A nickel-hydrogen storage battery having improved charge and discharge cycle characteristics even in high temperature, which has a negative electrode comprising a hydrogen absorbing alloy capable of electrochemically storing and releasing hydrogen, a positive electrode comprising nickel hydroxide as a main active material, and an alkaline electrolytic solution mainly comprising an aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, wherein the positive electrode contains a cobalt compound, a yttrium compound, and 100 ppm or more of lithium based on the total weight of the nickel hydroxide, the cobalt compound, and the yttrium compound.