ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,327, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery" was invented by Takaaki Tamura (Osaka, Japan), Kazuhiro Morioka (Osaka, Japan), Seiji Nishiyama (Osaka, Japan) and Akira Kawase (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a power-generating element having at least one unit cell including an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer located between the electrode layer and the counter-electrode layer and an insulating member covering the power-generating element. The insulating member includes a first member that includes ...