MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058243 A) filed by Japan Metals And Chemicals Co. Ltd.; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; and Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Tokyo, on June 17, for 'hydrogen storage alloy for alkaline storage batteries, alkaline storage battery using same in negative electrode, and vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Notoyama Saki; Souma Tomoki; Kudo Katsuyuki; Suzuki Ryoji; Sawa Takao; Ouchi Masanobu; Sasaki Hiroyuki; Eguchi Ryo; Kono Satoshi; Okanishi Takeou; Manriki Kohei; and Sugie Tsukasa.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides: a hydrogen storage alloy which is suitable for a negative electrode of an in-vehicle alkaline storage battery; an alkaline storage battery which uses this hydrogen storage alloy; and a vehicle. The present invention provides: a hydrogen storage alloy for alkaline storage batteries, the hydrogen storage alloy being used for an alkaline storage battery and having an A2B7 type crystal structure, an A5B19 type crystal structure or a AB3 type crystal structure as a main phase in combination, while being represented by general formula (1) (La1-a-bYaRb)1-cMgcNidAleCrfFeg (wherein R represents one or both of Sm and Ce; and indexes a, b, c, d, e, f and g represent numbers that satisfy 0 a = 0.12, 0 = b = 0.12, 0.13 = c = 0.27, 3.20 = d + e + f + g = 3.75, 0 = e = 0.14, 0 = f = 0.05 and 0 = g = 0.35); an alkaline storage battery which uses this hydrogen storage alloy for alkaline storage batteries in a negative electrode; and a vehicle which comprises this alkaline storage battery as a power supply for a motor."
The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 30, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/039053.
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