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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:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Wen LI, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yutaka Oyama, Aichi, JP;
Keiichi Kohama, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte, and an electron collector associated with the first electrode, the electron collector having a surface treatment, such as a protection layer, that reduces corrosion of the electron collector by the molten salt electrolyte.