ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,676, issued on May 5, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for a ceramic-based composite coating for a coated battery separator" was invented by Xingcheng Xiao (Troy, Mich.), Mei Cai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Sherman H. Zeng (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated polymer separator for a battery cell is provided. The coated polymer separator includes a polymer separator including a first primary surface and a second primary surface. The coated polymer separator further includes a ceramic-based composite coating disposed on the first primary surface and the second primary sur...