ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,682, issued on March 11, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Electrochemical cell module" was invented by Shohei Iwamoto (Higashiosaka, Japan) and Katsufumi Ooshima (Daito, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell module includes a plurality of electrochemical cells stacked on one another and each including an electricity generator and a casing, and a housing accommodating the plurality of electrochemical cells. The casing includes a peripheral portion without overlapping the electricity generator as viewed in the stacking direction. The peripheral portion is bent and has its main surface in contact wi...