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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Motoaki Okuda, Kariya, JP;
Taichi Nakamizo, Kariya, JP;
Kyoichi Kinoshita, Kariya, JP;
Masami Tomioka, Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
This electrode is provided with a thin metal sheet and an active substance layer containing, on the surface of the thin metal sheet, multiple active substance particles of a prescribed average particle diameter. The surface of the thin metal sheet includes a forming region where the active substance layer is located. In the forming region, the thin metal sheet has a depressed section in the surface. A portion of the active substance particles is present in at least a part of the depression, and the average distance between the centers of two neighboring particles of these active substance particles present in at least a part of the depression is 60-98% of the aforementioned average particle diameter.