ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,913, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Koshiro Yoneda (Ichinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery disclosed here includes; an electrode body; a battery case including a case body and a lid; an external terminal; and a gasket insulates the lid and the external terminal at an outer side of the battery case. The lid has an attachment hole to which the external terminal is attached. The external terminal includes a shaft inserted in the attachment hole and a head extending radially outward from one end of the shaft. The gasket inc...