US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 27 for "Battery module" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,869, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery module" was invented by Manabu Sasaki (Hashima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: a positive electrode member having a positive electrode current collector, a first positive electrode active material layer, and a second positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode member having a negative electrode current collector, a first negative electrode active material layer, and a second negative electrode active material layer; and a separator. The positive electrode current collector has a positive electrode f...