US Patent Issued to NISSHINBO HOLDINGS on Oct. 7 for "Electrolyte additive" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,191, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).

"Electrolyte additive" was invented by Gen Masuda (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrolyte additive includes a neutral compound represented by formula (1) and having, in the molecule, a trialkyl silyl group. It can improve the withstand voltage of the electrolyte and be applied to electrolyte for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. In formula (1), R1 each represent independent C1-8 alkyl groups, R2 each represent independent C1-8 alkyl groups, A represents a C1-10 alkylene group, X represents either a single bond, a methylene group or one of th...