ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,179, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with fixing tape having a laminated structure" was invented by Takaki Nakao (Osaka, Japan), Kei Kobayashi (Osaka, Japan) and Miho Komori (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which polar plate deformation at the outermost periphery of an electrode body due to charge/discharge cycles can be inhibited. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a wound electrode body in which a rectangular positive...