US Patent Issued to Toyota Research Institute, Toyota Jidosha on Oct. 14 for "Foreign metallic particle detector systems and methods of detecting foreign metallic particles" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,746, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Toyota Research Institute Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Foreign metallic particle detector systems and methods of detecting foreign metallic particles" was invented by Matthew P. Gordon (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metallic particle detector system includes a particle detection unit with a detector configured to detect, and provide signals as function of, light reflected from a surface of an active material layer on a charge collector backing layer moving on a roll-to-roll coated electrode manufacturing line. The particle detection unit...