ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,343, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Power storage device" was invented by Saori Hase (Seto, Japan), Yutaroh Gotoh (Toyota, Japan) and Tasuku Zeniya (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage device includes: a plurality of power storage modules; a pair of frame members extending along a first direction, and disposed to be spaced in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction such that the plurality of power storage modules are located therebetween; a plurality of cross members each connecting the pair of frame members to define a region in which each of the plural...