ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,338, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Ryoichi Wakimoto (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an external terminal provided outside a sealing plate of an exterior body, a connection member provided inside the sealing plate and connected to the external terminal, a current collector connected to the connection member, and a current collector tab connected to an electrode body. The current collector has, along a longitudinal direction of the sealing plate, a first connection region connected to the current collector tab, a s...