ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,284, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Battery pack and electric tool" was invented by Yoshiyuki Bannai (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery pack including: an exterior case; a cylindrical battery cell including a positive electrode terminal part at one end and a negative electrode terminal part at the other end; and a metal plate connected to the positive electrode terminal part or the negative electrode terminal part, where the battery cell has a peripheral protrusion around the positive electrode terminal part or the negative electrode terminal part, the m...