ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,158, issued on June 24, was assigned to Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co. Ltd. (China).

"Electrolyte, preparation method thereof and lithium ion battery" was invented by Bo Liao (Zhuhai, China), Suli Li (Zhuhai, China), Junyi Li (Zhuhai, China) and Yanming Xu (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte, a preparation method thereof and a lithium ion battery, where the electrolyte comprises a solvent, a lithium salt, and a first additive shown in Formula 1; in Formula 1, R1 and R3 are each independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl group, (-C2H4-O-C2H4-)n or is a direct bond, and 1less than equal t...