ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,455, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Continuous, solvent-free fabrication of electrodes using dry powder" was invented by Yong Lu (Shanghai), Meiyuan Wu (Shanghai), Ming Wang (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Haijing Liu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing system for an electrode of a battery cell includes a conveyor belt configured to receive a fiberized powder mixture including an active material, a conductive additive, and a binder. A powder dispensing stage is arranged adjacent to the conveyor belt and configured to dispense the fiberized powder mixture. A pre-fo...