US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 30 for "Outer package and battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,131, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Outer package and battery" was invented by Yutaka Hidaka (Toyota, Japan) and Yuka Nagata (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a laminate-type outer package including a convex structure including a space to seal a power generating element. The convex structure includes a top surface including a first side, a second side, and a connection part that connects the first side and the second side. The outer package includes a first extension part that extends from a first crossing part where the connection part and th...