ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,845, issued on May 13, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Energy storage apparatus" was invented by Yuta Kawai (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage apparatus includes a plurality of energy storage devices each of which includes a case and an outer case that accommodates the plurality of energy storage devices. The outer case has a ventilation chamber and an opening. An exhaust port that guides gas discharged from the case of at least one energy storage device in the plurality of energy storage devices to an inside of the ventilation chamber and a valve member that closes the exhaust...