ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,816, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Laminated body pressing apparatus, pressed strip-shaped laminated body manufacturing method, laminated electrode body manufacturing method, and battery manufacturing method" was invented by Kodai Shintani (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated body pressing apparatus, which can restrain damage of a first outer ridge portion or a second outer ridge portion of a positive electrode plate during roller-pressing and can restrain damage of a strip-shaped first separator of a strip-shaped negative electrode body on a positive electrode plate sid...