ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,637, issued on April 7, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Solid electrolyte and all-solid-state battery" was invented by Kazumasa Tanaka (Tokyo) and Takehisa Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolyte is composed of a compound represented by the general formula LixM2(PO4)z where M represents at least one element having a valence of one to four, x represents a number that satisfies 0.800less than equal toxless than equal to1.900, and z represents a number that satisfies 2.600less than equal tozless than equal to2.800."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2020, under Application No. 17/785,536.
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