ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,523, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Two-part reference electrode" was invented by Jan Philipp Schmidt (Holzmaden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-part reference electrode for measuring impedance in a lithium-ion cell includes a first part (electrode Ref1) and a second part (electrode Ref2), each of which includes a metallic conductor. The first part and the second part are attached to a substrate separately from each other, and have a substantially constant spacing. The separator of the lithium-ion cell can act as a substrate. The electrode can be used for determining temperatur...