ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,255, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery, electrical apparatus, and application of silicate multi-metal salt" was invented by Ningbo Xu (Ningde, China), Hailin Zou (Ningde, China) and Peipei Chen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery in which at least one of a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer includes a silicate multi-metal salt is disclosed. A chemical formula of the silicate multi-metal salt is at least one selected from YSi2Z1Z2O8 and X1X2Si2Z1Z2O8, Y is selected from ...