US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Sept. 16 for "System and method for detecting a lithium dendrite in a battery cell" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,057, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for detecting a lithium dendrite in a battery cell" was invented by Gayatri Vyas Dadheech (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Mark W. Verbrugge (Troy, Mich.), Brian J. Koch (Berkley, Mich.), Jing Gao (Rochester, Mich.) and Alok Warey (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting a lithium dendrite in a battery cell is provided. The system includes the battery cell including an anode and a cathode. The battery cell further includes a conductive prewarning layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and construct...