Patents by Inventor Michiru Hatou

Michiru Hatou 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).

  • Publication number: 20060014077
    Abstract: A process of producing a positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries, including: at least, a coating preparing step of preparing a coating for a positive electrode material that includes an active material, which is a Li-containing mixed oxide, a conductive additive, a binder and a solvent; a coating step of coating the coating for a positive electrode material onto a current collector; a drying step of removing the solvent from the coating coated on the current collector; and a rolling step, wherein in the above described coating preparing step and coating step, the ratio of the total volume of the active material and the conductive additive to the volume of the solvent in the coating is kept in the range expressed by the following equation: 0.05?(volume of active material 1c+volume of conductive additive 1d)/volume of solvent?1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Michiru Hatou, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Takao Kuromiya