ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,611, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Secondary battery with improved joining between wound electrode body and electrode terminal" was invented by Hiroaki Kawase (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Better joining between a wound electrode body and an electrode terminal is implemented. In a cross section orthogonal to a winding axis of a wound electrode body of the secondary battery herein disclosed, two separators respectively extend more inward of the wound electrode body than electrode sheets. A portion of one separator forming an innermost circumference of the wound electr...