ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,762, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).
"Shutdown separator" was invented by Peng Gao (Shanghai), David L. Malotky (Midland, Mich.), Yunlong Guo (Shanghai), Daniel L. Dermody (Midland, Mich.), Haiyang Yu (Shanghai) and Wanfu Ma (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an electrochemical cell. In an embodiment, the electrochemical cell includes a separator disposed between an optional anode and an optional cathode. The separator includes (A) a porous substrate and (B) a porous coating layer on the substrate. The porous substrate (A) is composed of an olefin-...