US Patent Issued to PANASONIC ENERGY, PANASONIC HOLDINGS on April 21 for "Battery module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,416, issued on April 21, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and PANASONIC HOLDINGS Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery module" was invented by Yuji Kishida (Osaka, Japan), Tatsuya Hirano (Osaka, Japan) and Kazutoshi Kohira (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical batteries and lead plate connected to cylindrical batteries and electrically connecting the plurality of cylindrical batteries. Cylindrical battery includes can bottom valve including a thin-walled line ruptured and opening an exhaust port when an internal pressure of an outer covering can becomes hig...