US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Aug. 18 for "Self-healing solid-state battery configuration and method of manufacture thereof" (Michigan, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,203, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Self-healing solid-state battery configuration and method of manufacture thereof" was invented by Xingcheng Xiao (Troy, Mich.), Thomas A Yersak (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Yang-Tse Cheng (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode stack for a solid-state battery is provided. The electrode stack includes a cathode. The cathode includes a cathode current collector and a first layer of material applied to the cathode current collector. The first layer of material includes a cathode active material, a first ionomer configured as a first bin...