US Patent Issued to SANYO Electric on Dec. 2 for "Power supply device, electric vehicle using same, and power storage device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,177, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power supply device, electric vehicle using same, and power storage device" was invented by Go Yamashiro (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power supply device includes a plurality of secondary battery cells each including an outer covering can having a quadrangular shape, a plurality of separators interposed between the plurality of secondary battery cells, a pair of end plates covering both side end faces of battery stack in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are stacked with the plurality of separators interposed between the plural...