US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 3 for "Method for producing a lithium ion battery and lithium ion battery" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,155, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for producing a lithium ion battery and lithium ion battery" was invented by Hideki Ogihara (Haimhausen, Germany) and Hyunchul Roh (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a lithium ion battery includes the following steps: A casing is provided and an electrode arrangement is inserted therein. The electrode arrangement is formed from alternating layers of a cathode and an anode, where at least one anode contains an anode active material comprising a silicon- and/or titanium-based constituent. At least one flexible volume compensat...