US Patent Issued to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE on June 23 for "Electrode structure, rechargeable battery and method for joining battery tab stack to electrode lead for the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,268, issued on June 23, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electrode structure, rechargeable battery and method for joining battery tab stack to electrode lead for the same" was invented by Kun-Tso Chen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Tsung-Ying Tsai (Tainan City, Taiwan), Tsai-Chun Lee (Tainan City, Taiwan), Chih-Wei Chien (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Hui-Ta Cheng (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode structure of rechargeable battery includes a battery tab stack, an electrode lead, a welding protective layer and a welding seam. The battery tab stack is formed by extension ...