ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,115, issued on June 30, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Ryuhei Matsumoto (Kyoto, Japan), Hideaki Kuwajima (Kyoto, Japan), Toshikazu Yasuda (Kyoto, Japan) and Yuri Nakayama (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery is provided and including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution, where the negative electrode is metal lithium, and the electrolytic solution contains a sulfonyl group-containing lithium salt; a glyme-based solvent; and a specific additive."
The patent was filed on March 21, 2023, under Application No...