ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,690, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Thin battery pack architecture" was invented by Dominic Pitera (San Francisco), Nathan J. Bohney (Campbell, Calif.) and Andrew S. Meyers (Villa Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Battery systems according to embodiments of the present technology may include a battery including a lid that defines lateral dimensions of the battery and a base. The base may define an internal volume of the battery between an interior surface of the lid and an interior surface of the base. The base may be coupled with the lid to define a flange extending about lateral edge...