ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,790, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electricity storage device" was invented by Shinya Geshi (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Okamura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electricity storage device includes: an electrode group including first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode group therein, the case having an opening provided therein; and a sealing body covering the opening of the case. The case includes a tubular part, a curved part connected to one end of the tubular part, and a bottom part closing another end of the tubular part...