ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,029, issued on July 8, was assigned to Enevate Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Pressure regulation system for silicon dominant anode lithium-ion cell" was invented by Benjamin Yong Park (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Sung Won Choi (San Diego) and Rahul R. Kamath (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein pertains to a pressure regulation system for use in a silicon dominate anode lithium-ion cell. The pressure regulation system regulates a lifetime pressure on the lithium-ion cell in order to correct for capacity loss and mechanical failure due the expansion of silicon during operation. The pressure regulation syst...