ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,112, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to KANADEVIA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Secondary cell and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Takeshi Sugiyo (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a secondary cell that can be downsized with improved cell performance, and a method for manufacturing the same. In an example of an embodiment according to the present invention, a secondary cell includes an outer package and an object to be housed in the outer package. The object to be housed includes an electrode body. The outer package has a pressing portion for locally pressing at least one of the ob...