US Patent Issued to PANASONIC ENERGY on May 26 for "Sealed battery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,422, issued on May 26, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sealed battery" was invented by Takahiro Nogami (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed battery is one example of an embodiment, and is provided with an electrode body, a bottomed cylindrical outer package can that houses the electrode body, a sealing body that seals up an opening part of the outer package can, and insulating plates each placed between the respective end faces of the electrode body and the outer package can. A first face of each of the insulating plates faces the electrode body. The outer edge of the first face stands on th...