ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,514, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Layered solid-state lithium battery" was invented by Javier Parrondo (Novi, Mich.) and Cenk Gumeci (Northville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-solid-state battery cell has a lithium metal anode layer, an anode protective layer in contact with the lithium metal anode layer, the anode protective layer comprising at least one metal, a first electrolyte layer in contact with the anode protective layer, a second electrolyte layer, an electrolyte interlayer comprising carbon and binder, the electrolyte interlayer positioned directly between t...