US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on July 15 for "Secondary battery, electronic device, and electric tool" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,441, issued on July 15, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery, electronic device, and electric tool" was invented by Toshikazu Nakamura (Kyoto, Japan) and Koji Shibutani (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery, including: an electrode wound body having a structure in which a band-shaped positive electrode and a band-shaped negative electrode are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween and wound; and a battery can that accommodates the electrode wound body, wherein the positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer on both sides...