ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,224, issued on June 23, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Nobuhiro Sakitani (Tokushima, Japan) and Takaharu Morikawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a wound electrode body on which a strip-like positive electrode and a strip-like negative electrode are each wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and an outer package accommodating the electrode body. The positi...