US Patent Issued on Feb. 10 for "Ceramic cross-linked coating on a porous membrane and methods for making the same" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,852, issued on Feb. 10.

"Ceramic cross-linked coating on a porous membrane and methods for making the same" was invented by Wenbin Yin (Charlotte, N.C.), James Rapley (Concord, N.C.), Xiang Yu (Indian Land, S.C.), Stefan Reinartz (Waxhaw, N.C.), Yuji Masui (Shizuoka, Japan), Daisuke Narushima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuya Iwasaki (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A porous membrane having a cross-linked ceramic coating on at least one side thereof is disclosed. The coated porous membrane may be used as a battery separator, particularly a battery separator for a lithium ion battery. The coating includes at least a cross-linker ...