ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,139, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to IDEMITSU KOSAN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Method for producing solid electrolyte" was invented by Shota Totsuka (Sodegaura, Japan), Hironari Kimpara (Tokyo) and Masayuki Shibata (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing a crystalline solid electrolyte having a small particle diameter and also having a high ionic conductivity and containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element and a halogen element, the method including a complexing step of mixing a solid electrolyte raw material and a complexing agent in a liquid phase, where...