ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,694, issued on Sept. 23.

"Electric vehicle battery retention and ejection system" was invented by Adhista Kanuri (South Glastonbury, Conn.), Ishetha Kanuri (South Glastonbury, Conn.), Isaac Tarutin (Glastonbury, Conn.), Theodore Tarutin (Glastonbury, Conn.), Annika Tarutin (Glastonbury, Conn.), Abhirami Vedula (South Glastonbury, Conn.), Eva Tartamella (South Glastonbury, Conn.), Vrishank Pittala (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Andrew Mathew (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle battery retention and ejection system includes a housing having a portion that closes an opening of the housing. A latch secures the portion...