US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 14 for "Power storage" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,234, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Power storage" was invented by Yuya Takahashi (Mishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage includes a stack, a case, a lid portion, and an elastic member. The lid portion is fixed to an opening end of the case to cover the opening. The elastic member is located between the stack and the lid portion. The elastic member includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The first elastic portion includes a portion of the elastic member located most distant from the opening end in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction...