US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 15 for "Sealed battery" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,578, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Sealed battery" was invented by Ryo Kagami (Ichinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a technique capable of suppressing movement of an electrode body inside an exterior body. According to the technique disclosed herein, a sealed battery is provided, which includes an electrode body having a wide face having a rectangular shape, an exterior body made of a laminated film, and positive electrode and negative electrode current collector terminals. The exterior body includes a housing part housing the electrode body, and a sealed part forme...