ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,808, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Nickel electrode for alkaline secondary battery and alkaline secondary battery including nickel electrode" was invented by Syouhei Unoki (Tokyo), Takahiro Endo (Tokyo) and Shigekazu Yasuoka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery 2 includes: a container 10; and an electrode group 6 housed in the container 10 together with an alkaline electrolyte liquid 4. The electrode group 6 includes a nickel electrode 14 as a positive electrode and a negative electrode 12 that are combined with a separator 8 interposed therebetween. The nickel electrode 14 includes a positive elec...