US Patent Issued to Automat Solutions on April 14 for "Electrolyte additive and use thereof in secondary lithium batteries" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,323, issued on April 14, was assigned to Automat Solutions Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.).

"Electrolyte additive and use thereof in secondary lithium batteries" was invented by Xuejun Wang (Pleasanton, Calif.), Xiaoliang Wang (Alameda, Calif.) and Ipshita Sahoo (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses three classes of electrolyte additives for use in secondary lithium batteries. The secondary lithium battery may comprise a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, a porous separator between the positive and negative electrode, and an electrolyte additive. The electrolyte additive i...