ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,130, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Power storage module" was invented by Hirotaka Ogino (Osaka, Japan) and Koichi Sawada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage module includes a plurality of power storage devices and a heater that heats the plurality of power storage devices. Each of the plurality of power storage devices includes an exhaust valve that discharges a gas in the power storage device to an outside of the power storage device. The heater faces the exhaust valve. The power storage module further includes a case that houses the p...