Application No. 17/441,235
`Reply to Office Action of March 26, 2024
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`Docket No.: 0837 10-3607
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`AMENDMENT TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1. (Currently Amended) A power storage device comprising:
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`a housing including a terminal arrangementpart;
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`a pair of output terminals provided in the terminal arrangementpart;
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`an electrode assembly housedin the housing;
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`a pair of current collecting parts that electrically connect the electrode assembly and the
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`pair of output terminals; and
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`an electrode assembly holder that is provided with an insulating property, has contact
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`with a pair offirst surfaces of the electrode assembly facing each otherin a first direction in
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`whichthe pair of current collecting parts are arranged,is fixed to the housing, and sandwiches
`the electrode assemblyin the first direction, wherein:
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`each of the pair of current collecting parts includes a current collecting plate fixed to the
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`terminal arrangementpart and a belt-shaped current collecting tab connecting the electrode
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`assembly and the current collecting plate, and
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`an end portion of the belt-shaped current collecting tab close to the electrode assembly
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`extends in the first direction.
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`2. (Original) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, wherein the electrode
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`assembly holder includes: a pair of first plate parts that have contact with the pairoffirst
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`surfaces; and a secondplate part that is disposed integrally with each ofthe first plate parts, is
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`interposed between the terminal arrangementpart and the electrode assembly, andis fixed to the
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`terminal arrangementpart.
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`3. (Currently Amended) The powerstorage device according to claim 2, wherein
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`Reply to Office Action of March 26, 2024
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`Docket No.: 0837 10-3607
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`AMENDMENT TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application.
`
`Listing of Claims:
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`1. (Currently Amended) A power storage device comprising:
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`a housing including a terminal arrangementpart;
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`a pair of output terminals provided in the terminal arrangementpart;
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`an electrode assembly housedin the housing;
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`a pair of current collecting parts that electrically connect the electrode assembly and the
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`pair of output terminals; and
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`an electrode assembly holder that is provided with an insulating property, has contact
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`with a pair offirst surfaces of the electrode assembly facing each otherin a first direction in
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`whichthe pair of current collecting parts are arranged,is fixed to the housing, and sandwiches
`the electrode assemblyin the first direction, wherein:
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`each of the pair of current collecting parts includes a current collecting plate fixed to the
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`terminal arrangementpart and a belt-shaped current collecting tab connecting the electrode
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`assembly and the current collecting plate, and
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`an end portion of the belt-shaped current collecting tab close to the electrode assembly
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`extends in the first direction.
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`2. (Original) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, wherein the electrode
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`assembly holder includes: a pair of first plate parts that have contact with the pairoffirst
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`surfaces; and a secondplate part that is disposed integrally with each ofthe first plate parts, is
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`interposed between the terminal arrangementpart and the electrode assembly, andis fixed to the
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`terminal arrangementpart.
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`3. (Currently Amended) The powerstorage device according to claim 2, wherein
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`Application No. 17/441,235
`Reply to Office Action of March 26, 2024
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`Docket No.: 0837 10-3607
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`the second plate part is interposed between the terminal arrangementpart and the current
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`collecting plate to electrically insulate the terminal arrangementpart and the current collecting
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`plate from each other.
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`4. (Original) The powerstorage device according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the
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`second plate part is larger than a thickness ofthefirst plate parts.
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`5. (Original) The powerstorage device according to claim 4, wherein the second plate
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`part has contact with the terminal arrangementpart and the electrode assembly.
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`6. (Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 2, wherein the
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`electrode assembly holder is provided with a cutout part in a region facing the electrode
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`assembly in a connecting part between thefirst plate parts and the secondplate part.
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`7. (Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, wherein
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`the electrode assembly holder includesa pair of holder units,
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`one of the holder units has contact with one ofthe first surfaces andis fixed to the
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`housing, and
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`another of the holder units has contact with anotherof the first surfaces and is fixed to the
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`housing.
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`8. (Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, wherein
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`the pair of first surfaces extend in a direction intersecting the terminal arrangementpart,
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`the electrode assembly includes a second surface that connects end portions of the pair of
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`first surfaces opposite to the terminal arrangementpart, and
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`the powerstorage device comprises a second electrode assembly holder different from a
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`first electrode assembly holderthat is the electrode assembly holder according to claim 1, the
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`second electrode assembly holder including a pair of third plate parts that have contact with the
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`pair of the first surfaces, and a fourth plate part that has contact with the second surface andis
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`connectedto the pair of third plate parts.
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`Application No. 17/441,235
`Reply to Office Action of March 26, 2024
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`Docket No.: 0837 10-3607
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`9. (New) A powerstorage device comprising:
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`a housing including a terminal arrangementpart;
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`a pair of output terminals provided in the terminal arrangementpart;
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`an electrode assembly housedin the housing;
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`a pair of current collecting parts that electrically connect the electrode assembly and the
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`pair of output terminals; and
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`an electrode assembly holder that is provided with an insulating property, has contact
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`with a pair offirst surfaces of the electrode assembly facing each otherin a first direction in
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`whichthe pair of current collecting parts are arranged,is fixed to the housing, and sandwiches
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`the electrode assemblyin the first direction, wherein:
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`the electrode assembly holder includesa first holder unit comprising:
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`a first plate part that has contact with one ofthe pair offirst surfaces; and
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`a second plate part that is disposed integrally with the first plate part, is interposed
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`between the terminal arrangementpart and the electrode assembly, andis fixed to the
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`terminal arrangementpart.
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`10. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein:
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`each of the current collecting parts includes a current collecting plate fixed to the terminal
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`arrangementpart, and a belt-shaped current collecting tab connecting the electrode assembly and
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`the current collecting plate, and
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`the second plate part is interposed between the terminal arrangementpart and the current
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`collecting plate to electrically insulate the terminal arrangementpart and the current collecting
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`plate from each other.
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`11. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein a thickness of the
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`second plate part is larger than a thicknessofthefirst plate part.
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`12. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 11, wherein the secondplate part
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`has contact with the terminal arrangementpart and the electrode assembly.
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`Application No. 17/441,235
`Reply to Office Action of March 26, 2024
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`Docket No.: 0837 10-3607
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`13. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein the electrode
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`assembly holder is provided with a cutout part in a region facing the electrode assembly in a
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`connecting part betweenthefirst plate part and the secondplate part.
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`14. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein:
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`the electrode assembly holder includes a second holder unit comprising:
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`a third plate part that has contact with another of the pair offirst surfaces; and
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`a fourth plate part that is disposed integrally with the third plate part, is interposed
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`between the terminal arrangementpart and the electrode assembly, andis fixed to the
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`terminal arrangementpart,
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`the first holder unit has contact with one ofthe first surfaces andis fixed to the housing,
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`and
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`the second holder unit has contact with anotherofthe first surfaces andis fixed to the
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`housing.
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`15. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein:
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`the pair of first surfaces extend in a direction intersecting the terminal arrangementpart,
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`the electrode assembly includes a second surface that connects end portions of the pair of
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`first surfaces opposite to the terminal arrangementpart, and
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`the powerstorage device comprises an additional electrode assembly holder different
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`from and separately provided from the electrode assembly holder, and
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`the additional electrode assembly holder includes:
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`a pair of side plate parts that have contact with the pair of the first surfaces, and
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`a bottom plate part that has contact with the second surface and is connected to
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`both the pair of side plate parts.
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`16. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 14, wherein the secondplate part
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`of the first holder unit is disposed separately from the fourth plate part of the second holderunit.
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`Application No. 17/441,235
`Reply to Office Action of March 26, 2024
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`Docket No.: 0837 10-3607
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`17. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein the second holder part
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`of the first holder unit includes a through hole through which a corresponding one ofthe pair of
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`output terminal passes.
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`18. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein the first holder part
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`partially covers only an upperportion of the one ofthe pair of first surfaces.
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`19. (New) The powerstorage device according to claim 9, wherein:
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`the first plate part extends in the first direction and the second plate part extend in a
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`second direction in which the pair of first surfaces extend, and
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`a length of the first plate part in the first direction is greater than a length of the second
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`plate part in the second direction.
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