US Patent Issued to KANEKA on June 23 for "Lithium ion-conducting garnet type oxide" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,218, issued on June 23, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Lithium ion-conducting garnet type oxide" was invented by Kazuaki Kanai (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oxide-based solid electrolyte with a high lithium ion conductance is provided. A lithium ion-conducting garnet type oxide includes Li, La, Ga, Zr, a halogen element, and oxygen. A lithium ion conductivity at room temperature is not lower than 1.0x10-3 S/cm. A proportion of Ga with respect to 1 mole of the oxide may be not larger than 0.5 moles. The halogen element may be at least one type selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I, and a ...