ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,722, issued on July 29, was assigned to Sion Power Corp. (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Electrolytes for lithium batteries" was invented by Yuriy V. Mikhaylik (Tucson, Ariz.), Igor P. Kovalev (Vail, Ariz.) and Alexis Sheffield (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to lithium batteries, and more specifically, to electrolyte compositions within lithium batteries. Some aspects of the invention are related to an electrolyte for a lithium battery. In some embodiments, the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent that is different from the organic solve...