ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,137, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Broadbit Batteries Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Electrochemical secondary cells for high-energy or high-power battery use" was invented by Andras Kovacs (Espoo, Finland), Tapani Alasaarela (Helsinki), David Brown (Helsinki), Debora Ruiz-Martinez (Alicante, Spain), Jose Manuel Orts-Mateo (Alicante, Spain) and Roberto Gomez-Torregrosa (Alicante, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell for a secondary battery, preferably for use in an electric vehicle, is provided. The cell includes a solid metallic anode, which is deposited over a suitable current collector substrate during the cell c...