ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,884, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Lithium ion conductor and lithium ion battery" was invented by Keiichi Minami (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lithium ion conductor of the present disclosure includes a first compound and a second compound, wherein the first compound is a complex halide represented by LiGaX4 (X is one or more halogens), the second compound is tetrabutylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, and the ratio of the second compound to the sum of the first compound and the second compound is more than 0 mol % and 30 mol % or less."

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