ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,664, issued on April 8, was assigned to GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Simulation method of a battery using molten salt as an electrolyte, and associated simulation device" was invented by Yosuke Okabe (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroyuki Enomoto (Kyoto, Japan) and Shigeki Yamate (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a simulation method, a simulation device, and a simulation program. A method for simulating a cell in which the electrolyte is a molten salt, the simulation method involving simulating the behavior of the cell and including a process for raising the temperature of the molten salt."...