US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Oct. 27 for "Lithium secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,518, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Lithium secondary battery" was invented by Junichi Sakamoto (Osaka, Japan) and Akira Kano (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium secondary battery according to the present disclosure comprises a cathode, an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. A lithium metal is precipitated on a surface of the anode during charge of the lithium secondary battery. The lithium metal is dissolved from the surface of the anode in the non-aqueous electrolyte during discharge of the lithium secondary...