ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,317, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Solid-state battery" was invented by Kenji Oshima (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Makoto Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state battery that includes at least one battery constituent unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein each of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer includes a side part having a terminal connection part and a terminal non-conne...