ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,744, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Daiki Nishiie (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshiichi Horikoshi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an outer package member, a battery device, an electrode terminal, and an adhesive member. The battery device is contained inside the outer package member. The electrode terminal is disposed on an outer side of the outer package member. The adhesive member has an insulating property and is disposed between the electrode terminal and the outer package member. The outer package member inclu...