ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,197, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery and manufacturing method of non- aqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery" was invented by Daisuke Nishide (Kobe, Japan), Azusa Nakanishi (Toyota, Japan), Hideki Sano (Ikeda, Japan) and Naoto Onodera (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a technique for preventing plastic deformation of a battery case due to restraint during initial charging. A manufacturing method disclosed herein is a manufacturing method of a non-aqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery. This method i...