ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,857, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Formation of lithium fluoride rich protective electrode layers using roller and static pressing" was invented by Caleb Reese (Ferndale, Mich.), Sayed Youssef Sayed Nagy (Troy, Mich.), Joel G. Toner (Imlay City, Mich.), Jeffrey David Cain (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Xingcheng Xiao (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing machine includes pressing devices, actuators and a control module. At least one of the pressing devices includes a surface having a fluoropolymer material. At least one of the actuators is configured to adjust pressure of ...