ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,851, issued on Aug. 19.
"Device for securing a replaceable vehicle battery" was invented by Thomas H. Hillery (Henderson, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for securing a replaceable vehicle battery having a protruding positive terminal and a protruding negative terminal, including a substrate defining a first side and a second side, a first receiving port extending through the substrate, a second receiving port extending through the substrate, and first and second clamps mounted on the second side of the substrate, wherein the first receiving port and second receiving port are positioned and dimensioned to receive the pos...