ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,815, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Ryo Kagami (Ichinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is to suppress the scratching of or damage to an exterior body or current collectors caused by displacement of terminals connected to electrode bodies when a battery expands or contracts. The displacement of terminals when a battery expands or contracts is prevented by arranging the protruding positions of the terminals side by side with at least one of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal formed in a crank-like s...