ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,848, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Battery" was invented by Takamasa Maeda (Obu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a battery that can prevent a gap from being generated at a joined portion to prevent structural reliability from being reduced, the battery includes: a battery element that is a hexahedron as a whole; and a package including a laminate sheet and side face members, the battery element being sealed in the package, the laminate sheet covering four faces of the hexahedron of the battery element, having at least one joined portion of end parts thereof to form a tube, th...