ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,295, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Exterior body and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Kanae Osaki (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To ensure the welding strength (the T-peel strength) of a welding portion. An exterior body 3 of the present invention houses a content. The exterior body 3 has a welding portion 55 extending in a first direction X. At the welding portion 55, portions of a planar body or planar bodies (e.g., portions of a laminated film 3f or laminated films 3f) are welded so as to overlap with each other in a second direction Y perpendicular to the first...