ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,595, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Battery" was invented by Hiroshi Takamatsu (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery is provided in which damage of the electrode tab group is suitably inhibited. In a suitable embodiment of the herein disclosed battery, the positive electrode tab includes a boundary portion between a forming area in which a protective layer is disposed and a tab exposed area in which the positive electrode tab is exposed. At least a part of the separators among the separators configuring the electrode body having a laminate structure are joined to ea...