US Patent Issued to WESTFALISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT MUNSTER on March 4 for "Multi-layer electrolyte assembly for lithium batteries" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,980, issued on March 4, was assigned to WESTFALISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT MUNSTER (Germany).

"Multi-layer electrolyte assembly for lithium batteries" was invented by Mengyi Zhang (Munster, Germany), Peter Bieker (Hamm, Germany), Lei Gui (Munster, Germany) and Martin Winter (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrolyte arrangement for a cell having at least one anode (1) and at least one cathode (3) comprising at least three superposed layers (2.1, 2.2, 2.3), wherein the middle layer (2.2) comprises a porous electrically nonconductive structure, and wherein a layer of a polymer-based electrol...