ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,690, issued on March 11, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Lithium-sulfur battery electrolyte compositions" was invented by Ratnakumar Bugga (Arcadia, Calif.), Jared Christopher Long (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jeffrey Bell (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Karel Vanheusden (Woodside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-sulfur battery including an anode, a cathode, a separator, and an electrolyte dispersed throughout the lithium-sulfur battery is provided. The anode may output lithium ions. The cathode may be positioned opposite to the anode and have an overall porosity as defined by multiple non-hollow carbon spherical (...