US Patent Issued to DelStar Technologies on Aug. 12 for "Optically transparent polymer electrolyte films" (Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,231, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DelStar Technologies Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Optically transparent polymer electrolyte films" was invented by Nandan Ukidwe (Suffield, Conn.), James Kidwell (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Dave Collette (South Hadley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are electrolyte films or cells for use in variety of applications, such as electrochromic windows. An electrolytic film comprises a polymer layer, such as thermoplastic polyurethane or polymethyl methacrylate, and an electrolyte within the polymer layer. The electrolyte comprises a salt and a plasticizer. The plasticizer comprises one or mor...