ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,792, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Tomoyoshi Ueki (Toyota, Japan), Naoyuki Wada (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Ozaki (Neyagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an optimal non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high durability against high rate charging and discharging and excellent safety. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery 100 according to the present invention comprises a positive electrode 10, a negative electrode 20 and a separator 30 which is interposed between the positive ...