US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on July 28 for "Lithium secondary battery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,156, issued on July 28, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Lithium secondary battery" was invented by Tetsuyuki Okano (Osaka-fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. Lithium metal is deposited on the negative electrode during charging, and dissolves from the negative electrode during discharging. A spacer is provided between the separator and at least one of the po...