ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,873, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Solid electrolyte-containing layer" was invented by Junji Suzuki (Osaka, Japan) and Chikara Murakami (Niihama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid electrolyte-containing layer capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite. A solid electrolyte-containing layers (30) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes (i) an inorganic solid electrolyte (31), (ii) a heat-resistant resin (32), and (iii) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic liquid, a mixture of an ionic liquid an...