ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,656, issued on April 22, was assigned to Niterra Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Ion conductor, power storage device, and method for manufacturing ion conductor" was invented by Ayako Kondo (Nagoya, Japan), Daisuke Shishihara (Nagoya, Japan), Yuki Takeuchi (Nagoya, Japan), Suguru Miyamoto (Nagoya, Japan), Hideaki Hikosaka (Nagoya, Japan) and Hidetoshi Mizutani (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion conductor exhibiting high lithium ion conductivity in the form of a molded product without firing is provided. The ion conductor contains an ion conductive powder having lithium ion conductivity and an ionic liquid having lithium i...