ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,537, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS Corp. (Osaka, Japan) and PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery" was invented by Shinya Geshi (Osaka, Japan) and Oose Okutani (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery including: a battery can including a cylindrical portion, a bottom wall closing one end of the cylindrical portion, and an open rim continuing to the other end of the cylindrical portion; an electrode body housed in the cylindrical portion; and a sealing body fixed to the open rim so as to seal an opening defined by the open rim. The sealing body includes a sealing plate, and a gasket d...