(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,118,062 B2 Yamaguchi Et Al
USOO91 18062B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,118,062 B2 Yamaguchi et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 25, 2015 (54) ANODE AND METHOD OF 4/136 (2013.01); H0IM 4/1397 (2013.01); MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND H01 M 4/38 (2013.01); H0IM 6/164 (2013.01); BATTERY AND METHOD OF H0IM 10/0568 (2013.01); H0IM 10/0569 MANUFACTURING THE SAME (2013.01); H0IM 10/4235 (2013.01); HOIM (75) Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Fukushima (JP); 2004/027 (2013.01);s HOIM 2300/0034 Masayuki Ihara, Fukushima (JP); (2013.01); Y02E 60/122 (2013.01); Y10T Hideki Nakai, Fukushima (JP); Toru 29/491 15 (2015.01) Odani, Fukushima (JP); Tadahiko (58) Field of Classification Search Kubota, Kanagawa (JP) USPC ............... 29/623.5; 427/123; 429/218.1, 220, 429/221, 223, 229, 231.1, 231.3, 231.6, (73) Assignee: SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP) 429/231.9, 231.95, 232 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this See application file for complete search history. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1368 days. (56) References Cited (21) Appl. No.: 12/135,572 U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 6,235,427 B1 5, 2001 Idota et al. (22) Filed: Jun. 9, 2008 6,337,159 B1* 1/2002 Peled et al. ................ 429,2314 6,743,877 B1 * 6/2004 Armand et al. ............... 526,258 (65) Prior Publication Data 6,790,563 B2 * 9/2004 Ishii et al. ..................... 429,347 US 2008/0311472A1 Dec. 18, 2008 (Continued) (30) Foreign Application Priority Data FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CN 1399363 2, 2003 Jun.
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