ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,159, issued on July 28, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Secondary battery and assembled battery" was invented by Takahiro Sakurai (Nagoya, Japan) and Kosuke Suzuki (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, the thermal deterioration of metal junction parts formed on a contact interface of constitution members of electrode terminals is suppressed. The electrode terminal of the secondary battery disclosed herein includes a first member having a plate-shaped connection part and a plate-shaped second member connected to the connection part of the first member in a sur...