ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,446, issued on May 20, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery" was invented by Kazutoshi Kohira (Hyogo, Japan) and Kazumichi Shimizu (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a battery can including a cylinder having a cylindrical shape and having an opening edge at one end, an electrode body, and a sealing member sealing an opening surrounded by the opening edge, in which the sealing member has a sealing plate electrically connected to a first electrode of the electrode body, a cap having a through hole corresponding to the sealing plate electrically insulat...