US Patent Issued to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS on July 22 for "Terminal part, method for fabricating terminal part, and secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,219, issued on July 22, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Terminal part, method for fabricating terminal part, and secondary battery" was invented by Takahiro Sakurai (Nagoya, Japan) and Kota Ohata (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal part with enhanced joint strength of a joint portion between different metals is provided. A terminal part disclosed here includes a first metal and a second metal. A joint interface between the first metal and the second metal includes a first layer disposed at the second metal and containing a first intermetallic compound and a second layer disposed clo...