ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,399, issued on April 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Solid-state battery" was invented by Yukio Miyaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Makoto Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state battery that includes: a solid battery laminate including a battery constituent unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte interposed at least between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; a positive-electrode-side external electrode electrically connected to the positive electrode layer, the positive-electrode-side ...