ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,984, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Panasonic Holdings Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive and negative electrode plate; a rectangular outer casing having an opening; a sealing plate; an electrode terminal on the sealing plate; a first current collector connected to the electrode terminal; an insulation member; a second current c...