ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,795, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electrolyte additives for capacitor-assisted battery" was invented by Dewen Kong (Shanghai), Haijing Liu (Shanghai) and Lidan Xing (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor-assisted battery includes an electrolyte having a lithium-ion conducting component and one or more additives. The one or more additives include a first additive that includes 3-trimethylsilylphenylboronic acid and a second additive that includes succinic anhydride. The capacitor-assisted battery includes an electrode having an electroactive material and a cap...