ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,256, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Cell with a tabless electrode" was invented by Kunio Tsuruta (Mountain View, Calif.), Mikel Ehrlich Dermer (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Rajeev Dhiman (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell of an energy storage device with at least one electrode that is tables, and methods of forming thereof, are described. The cell includes a first substrate having a first coating disposed thereon, wherein a second portion of the first substrate at a proximal end along the width of the first substrate comprises a conductive material. An inner separator is disposed over...