US Patent Issued to NOK on June 2 for "Pressure-regulating valve for power storage module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,791, issued on June 2, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Japan).

"Pressure-regulating valve for power storage module" was invented by Motohiro Nagasawa (Kitaibaraki, Japan), Koji Watanabe (Kitaibaraki, Japan) and Katsuyoshi Sakuma (Kitaibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure-regulating valve for a power storage module includes a case having a recessed part, and a through-hole formed in a bottom portion of the recessed part, a valve body positioned in the recessed part and capable of opening and closing the through-hole by elasticity, and a plug body that closes the recessed part, and the case and the plug body are attachably...