ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,219, issued on June 23, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"All-solid-state battery and battery module" was invented by Ryo Shimizu (Wako, Japan) and Takuya Taniuchi (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-solid-state battery includes a laminated body in which a positive electrode layer, a sulfide-based solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are laminated; an absorber configured to absorb hydrogen sulfide gas; and an outer package configured to form a housing space in which the laminated body and the absorber are housed. The outer package includes a sealing portion configured to hermetically sea...