ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,877, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"All solid state battery" was invented by Ippei Goto (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery with excellent cycle characteristics. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising, in an order of, a cathode CA1, a first solid electrolyte layer, an anode AN, a second solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode CA2, along a thickness direction, wherein: the first solid electrolyte layer contains a first nonwoven fabric, and a first so...