ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,783, issued on May 13, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Takato Yokoji (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte layer, in which the electrolyte layer has at least a peripheral portion provided along edges on a pair of non-short sides opposite to each other and a non-peripheral portion provided by a portion separated from the peripheral portion; the peripheral portion includes an electrolyte solution, a polymer compound holding the electrolyte solution, and inorganic particles in a first...