ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,671, issued on April 7, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Energy storage apparatus" was invented by Ryoichi Terahara (Kyoto, Japan) and Noriyoshi Munenaga (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage apparatus includes an outer case which includes a body portion which accommodates an energy storage device and a lid body which closes an opening portion of the body portion in a state of being integrally joined to the opening portion, and a restricting member. The restricting member includes an abutment portion which abuts on an upper surface of the lid body, which is a surface on a side oppo...