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`Docket No.: P191327US00
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims replacesall prior versions of claims in the application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A powerstorage device comprising:
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`a battery laminate formed by alternately arraying a plurality of secondary batteries and a
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`plurality of spacers;
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`a pair of end plates provided on both sides in a first direction of the battery laminate, the
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`first direction being a direction in which the secondary batteries and the spacers are arranged; and
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`a pressurizing unit for pressurizing the battery laminate,
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`the pressurizing unit being
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`provided between oneof the pair of end plates and the battery laminate, wherein
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`each of the secondary batteries comprises:
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`an electrode assembly; and
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`an exterior body that houses the electrode assembly, and has a protrusion whtehswels
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`imwardte-—press applying pressure to the electrode assembly in the first direction, and whieh
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`deferms configured to deform with expansion of the electrode assembly in_a second direction
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`opposite to the first direction,
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`the protrusion being inward of upper _and lower portions of the exterior body and
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`configured to expand outward of the upper and lower portions of the exterior body with said
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`expansion.
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`2.
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`(Original) The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein
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`the pressurizing unit pressurizes the battery laminate at constant pressure, when thickness
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`change in thefirst direction of the secondary batteries is less than 5%.
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`Application No.: 16/718,910
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`Docket No.: P191327US00
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`3.
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`(Original) The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein
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`the pressurizing unit is at least one selected from a spring, a linear motion device, and a
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`rubber member.
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`4.
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`(Original) The power storage device according to claim 1, further comprising
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`a conductive memberthat connects electrode terminals of the secondary batteries adjacent
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`to each other, wherein
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`the conductive memberhasan extension part that extends and contracts in the first direction.
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`5.
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`(Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, further comprising
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`a conductive memberfor a power source for connecting a powersourceto at least one of a
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`plurality of the secondary batteries, wherein
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`the conductive member for a power source has a movable part with respect to the first
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`direction.
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`6.
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`(Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, further comprising
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`a pressure sensorthat detects pressure acting on the secondary batteries in thefirst direction,
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`wherein
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`at least one of a first control of adjusting pressure applied by the pressurizing unit and a
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`second control of outputting information for changing a charging and discharging condition of the
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`secondary batteries is performed on the basis of detection information of the pressure sensor.
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`7.
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`(Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, further comprising
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`Application No.: 16/718,910
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`a displacement sensor that detects thickness changein the first direction of the secondary
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`batteries, wherein
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`at least one of a first control of adjusting pressure applied by the pressurizing unit and a
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`second control of outputting information for changing a charging and discharging condition of the
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`secondary batteries is performed on the basis of detection information of the displacement sensor.
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`8. (Previously Presented) The powerstorage device according to claim 1, further comprising
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`a gap located between the electrode assembly and a bottom portion of the exterior body.
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`9. (New) A powerstorage device comprising:
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`a battery laminate formed by alternately arraying a plurality of secondary batteries and a
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`plurality of spacers;
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`a pair of end plates provided on both sides in a first direction of the battery laminate, the
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`first direction being a direction in which the secondary batteries and the spacers are arranged; and
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`a pressurizing unit for pressurizing the battery laminate,
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`the pressurizing unit being
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`provided between oneof the pair of end plates and the battery laminate, wherein
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`each of the secondary batteries comprises:
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`an electrode assembly; and
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`an exterior body that houses the electrode assembly, and has a protrusion which swells
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`inward to press the electrode assembly in the first direction, and which deforms with expansion of
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`the electrode assembly,
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`wherein the pressurizing unit is at least one selected from a spring and a linear motion
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`device.
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