US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE, MERCEDES-BENZ RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NORTH AMERICA on Aug. 12 for "In situ generated solid electrolyte for energy storage" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,114, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago) and MERCEDES-BENZ RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NORTH AMERICA INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"In situ generated solid electrolyte for energy storage" was invented by Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Ill.), Quinton James Meisner (Westmont, Ill.) and Tobias Glossmann (Birmingham, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material, an anode comprising lithium, and an electrolyte including an aprotic solvent, a lithium salt, and a compound or mixture of two or more different compounds each containing at least one epi-sulfide group."...