ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,546, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Power storage apparatus" was invented by Ryu Tate (Saitama, Japan) and Shoshi Hidaka (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage apparatus includes: a tubular casing extending in a first direction; a cell group configured by stacking a plurality of battery cells in the first direction; opening parts arranged at both ends of the tubular casing in the first direction; a housing part arranged inside the tubular casing and housing the cell group; an end plate fixed to the tubular casing so as to close the opening party; and a reinforcement member fi...