ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,506, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Solid-state battery" was invented by Kenichi Bando (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Makoto Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Osamu Chikagawa (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 one or more positive electrode layers, one or more negative electrode layers, and a solid electrolyte interposed therebetween. Each of the electrode layers of the one or more positive electrode layers and the one or more negative electrode layers contains an active material, and an outermost electrod...