ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,611, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Energy storage device" was invented by Jun Nakamura (Kyoto, Japan) and Akio Kawai (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case that houses the electrode assembly, and a metal external terminal disposed in the case, wherein the external terminal includes a flange portion spreading along the case outside the case and a shaft portion extending from the flange portion and penetrating the case, the flange portion is formed of a clad material including a plurality of metal layers stacked in ...