ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,059, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electrode assemblies having alloyed interfaces and methods of forming the same" was invented by Diptak Bhattacharya (Royal Oak, Mich.), Caleb Reese (Ferndale, Mich.), Thomas E. Moylan (Troy, Mich.), Andrew Clay Bobel (Troy, Mich.) and Anil K. Sachdev (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly includes a current collector, a lithium metal foil, and an alloyed interface that chemically binds the current collector and the lithium metal foil. In certain variations, the alloyed interface includes an intermediate layer ...