US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on July 21 for "Battery pack" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,084, issued on July 21, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Battery pack" was invented by Yoshiyuki Bannai (Kyoto, Japan), Junichi Ikeda (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroshi Kawamura (Kyoto, Japan) and Ryota Miyajima (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack is provided and includes two or more secondary batteries having a cylindrical shape and arranged in parallel, and a first lead plate that electrically connects two or more of the secondary batteries. The first lead plate includes a first through hole, and a first wall portion provided on a plate surface on the opposite side to a plate surface havin...