ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,183, issued on July 14, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Akira Nishida (Himeji, Japan), Toshihide Fukae (Kakogawa, Japan), Shinji Iida (Toyota, Japan) and Ikuto Kobayashi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, a secondary battery in which precipitation of metallic lithium can be inhibited more appropriately is provided. The secondary battery disclosed here includes a flat wound electrode body. The wound electrode body has a pair of curved portions and a flat portion. In addition, a positive electrode starting end portion insid...