ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,987, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power storage device" was invented by Toshitaka Kobayashi (Osaka, Japan), Hiroki Hayashi (Kyoto, Japan), Eiko Ishii (Osaka, Japan), Hideki Shimamoto (Kyoto, Japan) and Ryota Morioka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage device of the present disclosure includes: a power storage element; a case that houses the power storage element, the case having a bottomed tubular shape and including an opening at one end of the case; and a sealing body that seals the opening. The case includes a first pressing part and ...