ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,046, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo) and MU Ionic Solutions Corp. (Tokyo).
"Nonaqueous electrolyte solution" was invented by Eiji Nakazawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are capable of occluding and releasing metal ions, and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is characterized by containing an alkali metal salt, a non-aqueous solvent, at least one Si-O structure-containing compound represented by Formula (A) or (B), and a compound represented by Formula (Alpha)."
The patent was filed on Feb. 2...