ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,477, issued on May 20, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Energy storage device" was invented by Hironori Ichinohashi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage device that includes a case, an electrode assembly housed in the case, the electrode assembly including an electrode assembly body portion and a tab portion protruding from a part of the electrode assembly body portion in a first direction, a current collector arranged between the electrode assembly and a wall of the case in the first direction, and an electrode terminal fixed to the wall, the current collector includes a terminal...