ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,511, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Akinori Tada (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery that enables an air tightness of a battery container to be ensured with more certainty compared with a conventional one. A secondary battery 100 includes a wound body 30, a pair of current collector plates 40, a battery can 11, a battery lid 12, an insulating plate 14, an insulating sheet 50, and a pair of external terminals 20, and an end portion 50e of the insulating sheet 50 adjacent to the battery lid 12 is secured ...