ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,402, issued on May 26, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Kenta Eguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Masato Ochi (Kyoto, Japan) and Masahiro Otsuka (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an outer case configured to house the electrode assembly. The secondary battery includes a terminal member provided on the outer case with an insulating material interposed therebetween and connected to a tab of the electrode assembly. The outer case is provided with a cavity through which the tab passes, the terminal member is...