ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,506, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Electrode including dimension retainer for solid-state battery" was invented by Sandeep Patil (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar (Novi, Mich.) and Somayeh Zamani (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode is provided that includes a current collector, at least one column and an electrode material. The at least one column is formed of a foam material. The electrode material is disposed on the current collector and includes an electrode active material. Each of the at least one column is disposed within and extend...