US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Oct. 20 for "Battery assembly and method therefor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,947, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Battery assembly and method therefor" was invented by Xingcheng Xiao (Troy, Mich.) and William Reginald Collin (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell having an anode and a cathode with a catalyzed separator interposed therebetween, and sealed within a cell case is described. The catalyzed separator is a substrate having a catalyzed coating arranged thereon. The catalyzed coating includes a bimetallic catalyst arranged on a support material. The bimetallic catalyst includes rhodium or ruthenium and a second transition metal....