Patents by Inventor Duncan C.A. SMITH

Duncan C.A. SMITH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for producing electrode composite material
    Patent number: 8586139
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify the process of producing an electrode composite material. Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode composite material, comprising the steps of: preparing a material comprising Li, La, Ti and O and heating the material, wherein the composition ratio between Li, La and Ti of the material is in the range of a triangle having three vertices at LiO0.5:LaO1.5:TiO2=23:24:53, LiO0.5:LaO1.5:TiO2=5:36:59 and LiO0.5:LaO1.5:TiO2=8:28:64 in the LiO0.5—LaO1.5—TiO2 triangular diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chihiro Yada, Brian E. Hayden, Duncan C. A. Smith, Christopher E. Lee
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130084406
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify the process of producing an electrode composite material. Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode composite material, comprising the steps of: preparing a material comprising Li, La, Ti and O and heating the material, wherein the composition ratio between Li, La and Ti of the material is in the range of a triangle having three vertices at LiO0.5:LaO1.5:TiO2=23:24:53, LiO0.5:LaO1.5:TiO2=5:36:59 and LiO0.5:LaO1.5:TiO2=8:28:64 in the LiO0.5—LaO1.5—TiO2 triangular diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chihiro YADA, Brian E. HAYDEN, Duncan C.A. SMITH, Christopher E. LEE