ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,641, issued on April 7, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte, secondary battery, and electrical apparatus" was invented by Jiao Liu (Ningde, China), Limei Zhang (Ningde, China), Peipei Chen (Ningde, China) and Jiamo Ren (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte, a secondary battery, and an electrical apparatus. The non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an additive, the additive comprising a cyclic sulfate ester compound having the structure shown in general formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently sel...