ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,908, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Non-aqueous electrolytic 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: "A negative electrode comprises a sheet-like negative current collector having a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a surface thereof, and includes a double-side coating, portion in which the negative electrode mixture layer is formed on both sides of the negative current collector, and a single-side coating portion in which the negative electrode mixture layer is formed on one side o...