ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,693, issued on March 11, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery including non-covered part having bent flat surface with groove passing through central axis and another groove not passing through central axis, battery pack, electronic device, electric tool, electric aircraft, and electric vehicle including the same" was invented by Masashi Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery including: an electrode wound body that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode stacked with a separator interposed therebetween and has a wound structure; and...