ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,798, issued on July 8, was assigned to FREUDENBERG SEALING TECHNOLOGIES S.A.S. DI EXTERNA ITALIA S.R.L.U. (Italy).

"Supercapacitor sealing lid" was invented by Alessandro Boi (Pinerolo, Italy) and Francesco Giai (Pinerolo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing lid for sealing a compartment of a supercapacitor housing electrodes and electrolytic material is described, the supercapacitor comprises: a casing internally defining the compartment and having a longitudinal axis, a side wall extending around the longitudinal axis, an axial bottom wall and an axial opening for accessing to the compartment arranged on an axially opposi...