MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517054891 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi, Japan, on June 6, for 'electric power storage module.'

Inventor(s) include Sakaguchi Makoto; Inoue Taku; and Tamaru Kojiro.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This electric power storage module comprises: a module body having an electrode stack including a plurality of stacked electrodes; and a pressure-regulating valve (22) attached to the module body. The pressure-regulating valve (22) is provided with: a housing (23) having a bottom wall (32) provided with a through hole (33) that communicates with an internal space that is formed between the plurality of electrodes and accommodates an electrolyte, a side wall (40) facing the bottom wall (32) in the Y-axis direction, and a protrusion (43) provided on the side wall (40); and a valve (30) accommodated inside the housing (23) so as to close off the through hole (33). On the side wall (40), provided are a first hole (41) that is open on an external surface (40a) of the side wall (40), and a second hole (42) that is open on the external surface (40a) of the side wall (40) and positioned vertically above the first hole (41). The protrusion (43) protrudes outward along the Y-axis direction on the external surface (40a) and extends so as to divide the first hole (41) and the second hole (42) when viewed from the Y-axis direction."

The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 20, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/038009.

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