ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,531, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrical device" was invented by Eiichi Koga (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery that is an example of an electrical device according to the present disclosure includes: an electrical element having a current collector such as a battery element having a current collector; a lead terminal electrically connected to the current collector; a joining portion containing an electrically-conductive resin material and joining the current collector and the lead terminal to each other; and a heat-melting portion that...