US Patent Issued to PANASONIC HOLDINGS, PANASONIC ENERGY on Sept. 16 for "Electrode assembly cutting device and separator cutting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,075, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS Corp. (Osaka, Japan) and PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode assembly cutting device and separator cutting device" was invented by Tatsuya Masada (Hyogo, Japan), Kenji Inagaki (Hyogo, Japan) and Masahide Maruyama (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for manufacturing a laminated electrode comprises: a negative electrode cutting drum that forms a negative electrode sheet by cutting a negative electrode single sheet to a first width and conveys the negative electrode sheet; a negative electrode heating drum that heats the negative electrode sh...