ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,422, issued on July 15, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Power storage module" was invented by Shinya Geshi (Osaka, Japan), Hirotaka Ogino (Osaka, Japan), Chifumi Murayama (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Takasaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage module includes at least one cylindrical power storage device, and a lower holder that holds a lower end part of the power storage device, wherein at least one concave part is formed on one of a surface of the power storage device facing a holding part and a surface of the holding part facing the power storage device, ...