# M. Stanley Whittingham — Patents explained on PatentBrief

M. Stanley Whittingham has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Early Lithium-Ion Battery Design Using Chalcogenides](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4009052/rechargeable-lithium-battery) — granted 1977
  This 1977 patent describes an early rechargeable battery design using lithium as one electrode and titanium disulfide as the other, a key step towards modern lithium-ion technology.

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