ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,281, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Energy storage apparatus" was invented by Akira Wada (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device; a substrate in which a through hole penetrating a main surface is formed; a through member that penetrates the through hole; and a lateral member disposed lateral to the substrate and covering a side surface of the substrate. The lateral member includes an opening through which at least one of two portions of the through member, the two portions sandwiching the through hole, is visually reco...