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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. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicants:
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Masahide Miyake, Kobe, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Shimonoseki, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Masahide Miyake, Kobe, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Shimonoseki, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rechargeable battery includes electrodes containing particles of an active material capable of being alloyed with Li. A metallic element that is not alloyed with Li is distributed by its diffusion in particles of the active material.