ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,079, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Assembled battery" was invented by Takahiro Sakurai (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technology is provided which suppresses the deterioration of the joint part between the electrode terminal and the bus bar due to an external load. An assembled battery herein disclosed includes a plurality of single cells, and a bus bar. The plurality of single cells each include an electrode body, a battery case, and an electrode terminal. The electrode terminal in at least one single cell among the plurality of single cells includes a first memb...