US Patent Issued to ZEON on July 15 for "Functional layer-equipped separator for electrochemical device and electrochemical device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,430, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Functional layer-equipped separator for electrochemical device and electrochemical device" was invented by Koji Annaka (Tokyo) and Masanobu Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A functional layer-equipped separator for an electrochemical device includes a separator substrate and a functional layer for an electrochemical device disposed on at least one surface of the separator substrate. The functional layer for an electrochemical device contains inorganic particles and a particulate polymer. A surface of the functional layer for an electrochemical device has a maximum...