ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,313, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery" was invented by Ryoichi Wakimoto (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes an electrode body obtained by stacking a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween, an exterior body having an opening and housing the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, and an external terminal attached to the sealing plate. A tab is provided at at least one of the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, and is electrically connected to the external terminal v...