ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,289, issued on March 25, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Lithium-ion batteries" was invented by Denis Gaston Fauteux (Kwai Chung, Hong Kong) and Aditya Subramanian (Kwai Chung, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods which provide lithium-ion battery configurations with high energy density are disclosed. Embodiments provide lithium-ion batteries comprising an anode that includes 30 to 85 wt. % silicon, thereby facilitating high energy density and high N:P ratio for the lithium-ion batteries. The high N:P ratio further enables fast charging and low temperature charging capabilities of th...