ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,436, issued on April 22, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power storage device, and method for manufacturing power storage device" was invented by Toshitaka Kobayashi (Shiga Ken, Japan), Eiko Ishii (Osaka Fu, Japan), Hideki Shimamoto (Kyoto Fu, Japan), Ryota Morioka (Kyoto Fu, Japan) and Hiroki Hayashi (Kyoto Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed power storage device includes a power storage element, a case with a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening at one end and housing the power storage element, and a sealing member for sealing the opening. The case has, in...