US Patent Issued to TOYOTA BATTERY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS on Feb. 24 for "Nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery and method for manufacturing nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,402, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA BATTERY Co. LTD. (Kosai, Japan), TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery and method for manufacturing nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery" was invented by Nobuaki Koiwa (Gamagori, Japan), Shunya Maruyama (Toyohashi, Japan) and Takaaki Izumoto (Toyohashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes an electrode body rolled about a roll axis to be low-profile. In a cross section orthogonal to the roll axis, the electrode body includes a planar flat portion...