US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on March 11 for "Secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,735, issued on March 11, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Naoto Akizuki (Kyoto, Japan) and Masahiro Otsuka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and the exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive el...