US Patent Issued to KYOCERA AVX Components on Sept. 29 for "Ultracapacitor including a sulfur-based electrolyte system" (South Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,630, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).

"Ultracapacitor including a sulfur-based electrolyte system" was invented by Xiaorong Liu (Simpsonville, S.C.), Michael Maich (Simpsonville, S.C.), Jonathan Robert Knopsnyder (Fountain Inn, S.C.), Bryan Caoile (Simpsonville, S.C.), Ken Brown (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Laurent Desclos (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte system and an ultracapacitor are disclosed. The electrolyte system comprises a solvent, an ionic liquid comprising a cyclic compound, and a lithium metal salt. The solvent comprises a first sulfur-containing ...