US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 30 for "Multilayer separator for lithium secondary battery capable of preventing short-circuit and manufacturing method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,589, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Multilayer separator for lithium secondary battery capable of preventing short-circuit and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Jong Chan Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a multilayer separator for a lithium secondary battery capable of preventing an internal short-circuit due to growth of lithium dendrite, and a method of manufacturing the same."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/857,779.

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