ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,962, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOHOKU UNIVERSITY (Sendai, Japan).

"Sheet for folding batteries, folding battery, and method for producing folding battery" was invented by Hiroya Abe (Sendai, Japan), Hiroshi Yabu (Sendai, Japan) and Koju Ito (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet for folding batteries includes a sheet that has one surface and another surface, and has a plurality of intended fold lines parallel to each other set on the sheet, at least one electrolyte part that is placed between a pair of the intended fold lines on the sheet, and a plurality of electrode parts that is placed, on the sheet, next t...