ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,199, issued on July 22, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Power storage device" was invented by Kazumichi Shimizu (Osaka, Japan), Kazutoshi Kohira (Hyogo, Japan) and Shinya Geshi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage device includes: an electrode group including first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode group therein, the case having an opening; and a sealing body closing the opening of the case. The sealing body includes: an annular sealing plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the sealing plate ...