ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,033, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"All-solid-state battery" was invented by Sho Ando (Seto, Japan), Akira Kiyama (Toyota, Japan), Masaki Kato (Zushi, Japan), Koshiro Yoneda (Ichinomiya, Japan), Kensaku Miyazawa (Toyota, Japan) and Kunimitsu Yamamoto (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-solid-state battery includes a solid electrode body including a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, and a laminate film that stores the solid electrode body. The laminate film has a fragile part with respect to a needle-like foreign substance. The...