US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 17 for "Passivated current collector for a battery cell" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,171, issued on March 17, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Passivated current collector for a battery cell" was invented by Ki Woon Kim (Milpitas, Calif.), Sun Kim (Camas, Wash.), Sanket Sudam Mundhe (Fremont, Calif.) and Yunki Baik (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passivated current collector for a battery cell is provided. A battery cell can include a first electrode that can include a first region that is coated with an active material and a second region that lacks a coating of the active material. The battery cell can include a first terminal that can be in electrical contact with the f...