US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on Oct. 20 for "Air electrode/separator assembly and metal-air secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,978, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Air electrode/separator assembly and metal-air secondary battery" was invented by Naomi Saito (Nagoya-City, Japan) and Naomi Hashimoto (Nagoya-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an air electrode/separator assembly including a hydroxide ion conductive separator including a hydroxide ion conductive solid electrolyte; and an air electrode layer having a thickness of 1,000 nm or smaller that is provided on one side of the hydroxide ion conductive separator and that includes a hydroxide ion conductive material, an electron conductive material...