Secondary battery
- Filed
- 9 May 1986
- Granted
- 26 May 1987
- Assignee
- Asahi Kasei Kogyo KK
- Co-inventors
- Kenichi Sanechika, Takayuki Nakajima
Electrochemistry
Akira Yoshino: inventions and patents
Known for Development of the lithium-ion batteryNationality Born in Suita, JapanBorn 30 January 1948
Akira Yoshino, born in Suita, Japan, shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries. At the time of the award the Nobel Foundation listed his affiliations as Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University. He is a named inventor on US Patent 4,668,595 for a secondary battery, assigned to Asahi Kasei.1,2
Patents
Inventions
- Lithium-ion battery. Rechargeable battery technology recognised by the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, of which Yoshino received a one third share.1
Recognition
- 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (one third share), for the development of lithium-ion batteries1
Sources
- Nobel Prize Outreach, Akira Yoshino, Facts, 2019 (accessed 2026-10-27)
- Google Patents, US4668595A Secondary battery (accessed 2026-10-27)