US Patent Issued to Energizer Brands on Jan. 27 for "Hybrid material anode current collector for alkaline batteries" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,204, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Energizer Brands LLC (St. Louis).

"Hybrid material anode current collector for alkaline batteries" was invented by John Hadley (Madison, Wis.), Matthew Hennek (Stoughton, Wis.) and Dustin Breister (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and/or the like are provided. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell may include a container, a ring-shaped cathode disposed within the container, wherein the ring-shaped cathode defines an open interior, an anode disposed within the open interior of the ring-shaped cathode, a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode...