ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,681, issued on April 7, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Secondary battery comprising insulated tab group" was invented by Ryoichi Wakimoto (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an exterior body housing the electrode body, an external terminal provided outside a sealing plate sealing an opening of the exterior body, a connection member provided inside the sealing plate and connected to the external terminal, an insulating member provided between the sealing plate and the connection member, and a current collector disposed inside the sealing plate and connected to the connect...