ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,435, issued on March 31, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo), TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan) and TOYOTA BATTERY Co. LTD. (Shizuoka-Ken, Japan).

"Sealed power storage device" was invented by Yozo Uchida (Toyota, Japan), Tsuyoshi Ehara (Toyota, Japan), Yuki Sato (Toyota, Japan), Syoichi Tsuchiya (Toyota, Japan), Masataka Asai (Toyota, Japan), Tsuyoshi Asano (Toyota, Japan), Masahiro Uchimura (Toyota, Japan), Shigeru Matsumoto (Toyohashi, Japan) and Yasuaki Nagano (Kosai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sealed power storage device, a device case includes a resin case body with an opening and a...