US Patent Issued to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS on June 16 for "Notched terminal for internal pressure release" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,540, issued on June 16, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Notched terminal for internal pressure release" was invented by Satoshi Nakashima (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The terminal disclosed herein is suitably used in a laminated battery, in which an electrode body is accommodated inside a bag-shaped outer casing made of a laminated film. The terminal has an inner terminal portion which is connected to the electrode body inside the outer casing, an outer terminal portion which is exposed to outside of the outer casing, and a plate-shaped portion which is disposed between the inner termin...