US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on May 20 for "Segmented cell architecture for solid state batteries" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,391, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Segmented cell architecture for solid state batteries" was invented by Jeffrey Sakamoto (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Travis Thompson (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are electrochemical devices, such as lithium ion battery electrodes, lithium ion conducting solid-state electrolytes, and solid-state lithium ion batteries including these electrodes and solid-state electrolytes. Also disclosed are methods for making such electrochemical devices. In particular, a segmented cell architecture disclosed herein enables so...