US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 3 for "Active material-free composite anode for all-solid-state battery and method of manufacturing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,789, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Active material-free composite anode for all-solid-state battery and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Seung Ho Choi (Hanam-si, South Korea), Sang Heon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yun Sung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite anode for an all-solid-state battery, the composite anode having no active anode material is provided. Specifically, the anode includes: an anode current collector; and a protective layer positioned on the anode current collector, and including a metalli...