ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,650, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Electrode terminal and secondary battery provided with said electrode terminal" was invented by Takahiro Sakurai (Nagoya, Japan) and Kosuke Suzuki (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an electrode terminal with high conductivity and high junction strength. The electrode terminal disclosed herein includes a metallic first member and a metallic plate-shaped second member, wherein the first member has a connecting portion to be connected to the second member, and the connecting portion of the first member is bond...