ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,790, issued on May 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA MOTORS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"All-solid-state battery with improved lifetime by applying expansion layer and operating method thereof" was invented by Yong Seok Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Young Jin Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myoung Kyou Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Min Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soon Chul Byun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an all-solid-state battery with improved lifetime and an operating method thereof. Specifically, the all-solid-state battery includes...