ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,645, issued on April 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Cylindrical energy storage cell" was invented by Azad Darbandi (Fraunberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical energy storage cell includes a cylindrical housing, which has a cover, a bottom and a peripheral jacket between the cover and the bottom; and an electrode winding, which has a strip-type cathode, a strip-type anode and a strip-type separator between the cathode and the anode and which is disposed in the housing. The cathode has a first current collector, which is coated, in parts, with a first active material. The anode has a seco...