ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,847, issued on April 29, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery module" was invented by Yuto Shimizu (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution. The electrode assembly includes a laminated assembly. The laminated assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. The separator separates the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate from each other. The separator includes a porous resin layer. The poro...