ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,180, issued on June 24, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Secondary battery with positive electrode additional layer including inert material" was invented by Satoshi Shibutani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, and an additional layer containing an ...