US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei Battery Separator on Feb. 18 for "Separator having silane-modified polyolefin and polyethylene, and method for producing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,832, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Corp. (Tokyo).

"Separator having silane-modified polyolefin and polyethylene, and method for producing the same" was invented by Xun Zhang (Tokyo), Ryo Kuroki (Tokyo), Yuki Fukunaga (Tokyo) and Hiromi Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film wi...