ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,820, issued on May 20, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Silicon carbon composite material and preparation method thereof, negative electrode material, negative electrode plate, electrode assembly, battery, electric equipment, and carbon substrate" was invented by Yuan Li (Ningde, China), Xiaobin Dong (Ningde, China), Zijian Lv (Ningde, China), Liangbin Liu (Ningde, China) and Jiazheng Wang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicon carbon composite material includes a carbon matrix and a silicon material, the carbon matrix has a cross-linked porous structure internally, and the s...