US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on July 29 for "Secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,764, issued on July 29, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Hiroshi Horiuchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Masayuki Ihara (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an outer package member, a battery device, a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal, and a fixing member. The outer package member has flexibility. The battery device has an elongated shape, and is contained inside the outer package member. The battery device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode terminal is coupled to the positive...