ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,772, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Hideki Morishima (Tokushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized by comprising: a wound electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound via a separator. Said battery is also characterized in that: when the separator is divided into five parts in the width direction and the five divided regions are defined as a region A positioned on one end of the separator in the width direction, a region B posit...