ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,118, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Method of manufacturing battery" was invented by Kazuya Ikeshita (Minamiawaji, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Furukoji (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a battery including a wound electrode assembly in which a first separator, a negative electrode plate, a second separator, and a positive electrode plate are wound together is disclosed. The method includes step (A) of suction-attaching the first separator to a winding core, and step (B) of winding the first separator on the winding core. The winding core includes a pl...