US Patent Issued to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS on Feb. 10 for "Terminal component formed by ultrasonic joining and crimping" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,864, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Terminal component formed by ultrasonic joining and crimping" was invented by Takahiro Sakurai (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The terminal component disclosed herein is a terminal component for use in a terminal for secondary batteries. The terminal component includes a first metal and a second metal having a recess. The first metal includes a shall having a pair of flat surfaces and a fitting portion formed at one end of the shaft in the major axis direction. At the boundary between the first metal and the second metal, a joining po...