ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,476, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Manufacturing method of secondary battery and secondary battery" was invented by Satomi Yamamoto (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, the breakage of an exterior body due to rising deformation of an electrode terminal can be prevented. The manufacturing method herein disclosed includes the steps of: bringing a lower surface of a terminal connecting part into contact with a first terminal, and bringing an upper surface of the terminal connecting part into contact with a second terminal; interposing the terminal ...