US Patent Issued to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS on May 27 for "Connection structure of laminate cells, battery pack, and method of connecting laminate cells" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,958, issued on May 27, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Connection structure of laminate cells, battery pack, and method of connecting laminate cells" was invented by Seiko Kubota (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection structure of laminate cells is provided. Each of the laminate cells includes a pouch including a laminate film, an electrode assembly enclosed in the pouch, and a plate-shaped terminal connected internally of the pouch to the electrode assembly and extending out of the pouch along one side edge of the pouch. The plate-shaped terminal includes a bent tip. The pouches are...