ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,202, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Lithium sulfur battery" was invented by Ximeng Li (Susono, Japan), Sakina Kaneko (Susono, Japan) and Haruki Takagi (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lithium sulfur battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a first electrolyte layer, a second electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode, wherein the first electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the second electrolyte layer, and is in contact with the positive electrode, the second electrolyte layer is disposed between the first electrolyte layer ...