US Patent Issued to CELGARD on April 14 for "Battery separators, electrodes, cells, lithium batteries and related methods" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,321, issued on April 14, was assigned to CELGARD LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Battery separators, electrodes, cells, lithium batteries and related methods" was invented by Zhengming Zhang (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Weifeng Fang (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved battery separator and an energy cell comprising the improved battery separator are provided. The improved battery separator comprises a porous membrane having at least one of the following properties when wet with electrolyte: has no or low volume; has no or low mass; soaks as much liquid electrolyte as possible; blocks or removes any harmful substances in the...