US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 17 for "Electrode testing fixture and system for material characterization and standardization" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,520, issued on June 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Electrode testing fixture and system for material characterization and standardization" was invented by Robin James (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Stephen J. Andersen (Madison Heights, Mich.), James Joseph Deininger (Wyandotte, Mich.) and Raffaello Ardanese (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixture assembly for testing or measuring a portion of a battery electrode includes a top plate, a baseplate, a connector and a support member. The top plate includes holes for creating a low-pressure region along a top surface of the top pla...