ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,270, issued on March 17, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Energy storage facility" was invented by Tomohiro Kawauchi (Shiga, Japan), Toshiki Kusunoki (Shiga, Japan), Tsuyoshi Hidaka (Shiga, Japan), Yasutaka Miyawaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Masaaki Mima (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage facility includes a plurality of energy storage apparatuses. Each of the plurality of energy storage apparatuses includes: an energy storage unit an outer case; a positive electrode power cable; and a negative electrode power cable. Each of the positive electrode power cable and the negative electrod...