US Patent Issued to LG Chem on Nov. 4 for "Cross-linked polyolefin separator and manufacturing method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,989, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cross-linked polyolefin separator and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Bi-Oh Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo-Sung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Won-Sik Bae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crosslinked polyolefin separator and a method of making the same are disclosed herein. The method includes mixing a polyolefin, a diluting agent, an initiator, a crosslinking catalyst, and inorganic particles surface treated with an alkoxysilane containing a carbon-carbon double bonded group in an extruder to obtain a mixture, and then rea...