ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,705, issued on April 22.

"Portable modular energy storage" was invented by Daniel Francis Roddy (Cabin John, Md.) and Andrew Scogna (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, a portable power pack includes two opposing plates for accommodating a set of one or more batteries therebetween. The two opposing plates define a plurality of electrical sectors including a first electrical sector having an electrode pattern operable to electrically connect together a first subset of one or more batteries in a first operational zone of the portable power pack. A battery deployment method includes mechanically linking tog...