ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,393, issued on May 26, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Solid electrolyte material and battery using same" was invented by Kaori Takeuchi (Osaka, Japan), Yoshiaki Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan), Tetsuya Asano (Nara, Japan) and Akihiro Sakai (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure consists substantially of: Li; M1, M2; O; and X. Here, the M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb, the M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr, Y, and La, and the X is at least one selected from the group consis...