ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,537, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cylindrical battery gasket, method for producing cylindrical battery using same, and cylindrical battery" was invented by Ryota Okimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gasket is equipped with a cylindrically shaped cylindrical part, and a ring part which extends in a radially inward direction from one end section of the cylindrical part in the axial direction thereof. The cylindrical part has a projecting part which projects in a radially inward direction between both end sections thereof in the axial direction. The projecting part has a...