US Patent Issued to SOUTH 8 TECHNOLOGIES on March 31 for "Structure and materials of tapes for electrochemical cells utilizing liquefied gas electrolytes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,418, issued on March 31, was assigned to SOUTH 8 TECHNOLOGIES INC. (San Diego).

"Structure and materials of tapes for electrochemical cells utilizing liquefied gas electrolytes" was invented by Jungwoo Lee (San Diego), Jeremy Intrator (San Diego), Frederick Krause (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Cyrus S. Rustomji (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrochemical cells employing liquefied gas electrolytes may experience degradation of certain polymer components, such as tapes made from poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate), or polydimethylsiloxane. These materials exhibit low chemical stability, potentially leadin...