ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,299, issued on July 7, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Masahisa Fujimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte solution including a solvent. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the negative electrode active material includes metal zinc or an alloy of metal zinc. ...