ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,306, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Power supply device and electric vehicle" was invented by Nao Kogami (Hyogo, Japan) and Kazuhiro Harazuka (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply device has end plates disposed at both ends of a battery block in which a plurality of battery cells and separator are stacked and connected by a binding bar. Separator includes heat insulating sheet including a fiber sheet and silica aerogel, and rubber-like elastic sheets stacked on a surface of heat insulating sheet. Furthermore, separator is provided with stacked region where rubber-like...