US Patent Issued to Pacific Industrial Development on Oct. 7 for "Inorganic materials for use in a lithium-ion secondary battery" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,233, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Pacific Industrial Development Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Inorganic materials for use in a lithium-ion secondary battery" was invented by Shuang Gao (Ann Arbor, Mich.), David Shepard (Canton, Mich.), Yunkui Li (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Anatoly Bortun (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell for use in an electrochemical cell, such as a lithium-ion secondary battery that includes a positive electrode with an active material that acts as a cathode and a current collector; a negative electrode with an active material that acts as an anode and a current collector; a non-aqueous electrolyt...