ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,966, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Power storage device" was invented by Masashi Kato (Konan, Japan), Mizuho Matsumoto (Toyota, Japan), Hiroyuki Nakayama (Okazaki, Japan) and Daiki Maeda (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage device includes power storage cells and a bus bar. Each power storage cell includes positive-electrode sheets, negative-electrode sheets, a positive-electrode current collector plate, a negative-electrode current collector plate, and a laminated film. The positive-electrode current collector plate includes a positive-electrode protrusion shaped t...