ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,521, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery, electronic device, and electric tool" was invented by Kunio Sodeyama (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes: an electrode wound body having a structure in which a strip-shaped negative electrode and a strip-shaped positive electrode opposing each other are laminated and wound with a separator interposed therebetween; a battery can accommodating the electrode wound body; and a battery lid provided over a cavity of the battery can, wherein the positive electrode has a positive electrode end that i...