ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,209, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Sadahiro Hattori (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazumichi Shimizu (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure aims, in a battery, to suppress intrusion of foreign materials generated by sputtering in the battery while a decrease in battery capacity is suppressed. A battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an exterior package can (51) which receives an electrode body, the electrode body includes a lead connected to one of a positive electrode and a ne...