ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,318, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Flat-shaped battery and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Yusuke Inoue (Kyoto, Japan), Yoshihisa Hirose (Kyoto, Japan) and Takahiro Furutani (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The flat-shaped battery of the present invention comprises a battery container provided with an outer can and a sealing plate, and a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution are enclosed in the battery container. The positive electrode is housed in the outer can, and a porous electrolyte solution absorber is inserted between the ...