ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,849, issued on April 29, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Solid-state battery" was invented by Yosuke Tomoshige (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Mitsuyoshi Nishide (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state battery including a solid-state battery laminate having a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, each of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer having an electrode active material. A first active material contour portion in which the elec...