ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,512, issued on June 17, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Secondary battery and method for manufacturing secondary battery" was invented by Yuma Kamiyama (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Nishide (Kobe, Japan) and Yukihiro Mizonobe (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, a secondary battery capable of inhibiting precipitation of metallic lithium is provided. A secondary battery disclosed herein includes a wound electrode body, and a battery case. An insufficiently stacked region is formed in the vicinity of a positive electrode starting end portion in a flat portion of the...