ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,499, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to IDEMITSU KOSAN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Modified sulfide solid electrolyte and production method for same, and electrode combined material and lithium-ion battery" was invented by Keita Seda (Tokyo), Tomoyuki Okuyama (Tokyo) and Takamoto Morita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a modified sulfide solid electrolyte containing a sulfide solid electrolyte having a BET specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more and containing a lithium atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, and a halogen atom, and a compound having two or more heterocyclic rings each having a carbon atom and an oxygen ...