ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,793, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Battery cell with variable thickness current collectors" was invented by Victor Norwich (Wooster, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell includes an anode current collector, an anode material layer on the anode current collector, a cathode current collector, a cathode material layer on the cathode current collector, and a separator sandwiched between the anode material layer and the cathode material layer. Each of the anode current collector, the anode material layer, the cathode current collector, the cathode material ...