ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,569, issued on June 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Battery cell" was invented by Masahiro Ohta (Saitama, Japan), Yohei Noji (Saitama, Japan) and Kosei Miyata (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a battery cell capable of uniformly holding an electrode laminate and speeding up a manufacturing process. A battery cell includes an electrode laminate including positive and negative electrodes and an electrolyte layer, in which the positive and negative electrodes are alternately laminated with the electrolyte layer interposed between them; and a tube-shaped insulating member tha...