ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,322, issued on April 14, was assigned to ENTEK ASIA INC (Gifu, Japan).

"Nonwoven fabric made of thick and thin fibers, and solid electrolyte sheet including the same" was invented by Yuji Katagiri (Tokyo) and Takahiro Ohara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a nonwoven fabric characterized by satisfying 0.25less than equal to(L2/V)less than equal to10, when an average fiber diameter of all fibers is L (micro metre) and a volume per m2 is V (cm3). The nonwoven fabric leads to a solid electrolyte-carrying sheet in which solid electrolyte particles are carried between fibers and which can achieve a good balance amon...