ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,395, issued on May 20, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery, battery pack, electronic device, electric tool, electric aircraft, and electric vehicle" was invented by Yasuaki Hara (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery, where a positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil, and a negative electrode includes a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode ac...