US Patent Issued to TOYOTA BATTERY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS on Oct. 20 for "Method for manufacturing rechargeable battery and apparatus for manufacturing rechargeable battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,858, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA BATTERY Co. LTD. (Kosai, Japan), TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Method for manufacturing rechargeable battery and apparatus for manufacturing rechargeable battery" was invented by Katsuya Tanaka (Kosai, Japan) and Hiroaki Ikeda (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a rechargeable battery including applying an electrode mixture that includes an electrode active material to a substrate that becomes a current collector, drying the applied electrode mixture, obtaining a specific surface area of the ele...