ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,778, issued on June 9, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery, electronic device, and power tool" was invented by Masashi Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Hirotaka Fukudome (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery, in the secondary battery, the positive electrode has a covered portion covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered portion on a strip-shaped positive electrode foil, the negative electrode has a covered portion covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electr...