ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,568, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Terminal structure and power storage device" was invented by Mitsuhiro Okada (Hyogo, Japan), Hitoshi Maeda (Hyogo, Japan) and Hiroshi Takabayashi (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal structure to be adopted for a power storage device including an outer case that has an opening, includes: a sealing plate sealing the opening; a terminal member inserted into a terminal hole formed in the sealing plate and electrically connected to an electrode; and a first insulating member arranged between the sealing plate and the terminal member, and a...