US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on July 21 for "Expanded bulk silicon anode material" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,021, issued on July 21, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Expanded bulk silicon anode material" was invented by Bret Hylton (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making an electrode involves forming a molten salt, attaching a negative terminal of a direct current power source to a silicon blank and a positive terminal of the direct current power source to a sacrificial electrode or a container for the molten salt. The method further involves submerging the silicon blank in the molten salt such that an electrolytic reaction drives alkali metal ions into the lattice of the s...