ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,392, issued on April 14, was assigned to VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Square secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Nobuyoshi Tanaka (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A square secondary battery, including: a conductive container which is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape opened on one surface side; a lid which seals the one surface side of the container; a charge/discharge body which is housed in the container and which has electrodes respectively formed on both sides in a width direction; and an insulating member which coats the charge/discharge body and which ins...