US Patent Issued to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, TOYOTA JIDOSHA, TOYOTA BATTERY on Jan. 13 for "Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery pack" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,655, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo), TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan) and TOYOTA BATTERY Co. LTD. (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).

"Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery pack" was invented by Takaaki Izumoto (Toyohashi, Japan) and Yusuke Takashi (Toyohashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery herein disclosed includes a nonaqueous electrolyte, a wound electrode assembly, and a battery case accommodating them. The wound electrode assembly includes a pair of flat surface parts and a pair of R parts. In a state where 4.5 kN restrict...