ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,869, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Secondary battery, electronic equipment, and electric tool" was invented by Masashi Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery achieves a reduced internal resistance. The secondary battery includes an electrode wound body, a positive electrode current collector plate, and a battery can. The electrode wound body has a structure in which a positive electrode having a band shape and a negative electrode having a band shape are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween. The battery can contains the electrode wound...