ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,538, issued on June 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Nobuhiro Sakitani (Tokushima, Japan) and Takaharu Morikawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and an exterior package which receives the electrode body, the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode collector, a...