ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,683, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Method of manufacturing metal-air battery" was invented by Tomo Kitagawa (Sakai, Japan), Hirotaka Mizuhata (Sakai, Japan), Shunsuke Sata (Sakai, Japan), Keigo Mitamura (Sakai, Japan) and Akihito Yoshida (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As a method of manufacturing a metal-air battery, a first step is included of stacking an exterior body (e.g., first resin film 11), a water-repellent film (14), and a positive electrode (e.g., air electrode 15) in the stated order. The first step includes: a fusing step of fusing the exterior body and the water-repellent...