ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,246, issued on June 23, was assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Yukinobu Miyamura (Hyogo, Japan) and Hiroaki Imanishi (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a rectangular outer casing; a sealing plate; an electrode terminal on the sealing plate; a first current collector connected to the electrode terminal; a second current collector connected to the first current collector; and a tab group connected to the second current collector. The second current collector is a flat plate...