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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:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/66 ; H01M 4/48 ; H01M 4/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/66 ; H01M 4/48 ; H01M 4/62 ;
Abstract
An electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprises a current collector composed of a metal incapable of alloy formation with lithium, a thin film formed by depositing on the current collector and composed of an active material containing tin as a main component, and a tin oxide layer formed on the surface of the thin film.