US Patent Issued to ArcelorMittal on April 1 for "Reinforcement frame for a battery pack of an electric or hybrid vehicle, reinforced battery pack and process for assembling said battery pack" (Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,815, issued on April 1, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Reinforcement frame for a battery pack of an electric or hybrid vehicle, reinforced battery pack and process for assembling said battery pack" was invented by Gagan Tandon (Canton, Mich.) and Robert Zummallen (Marysville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcement frame (1) for a battery pack (2) of an electric or hybrid vehicle (37), the battery pack including a plurality of battery cells lying on and secured to a shield element, the reinforcement frame including at least: a reinforcement frame fastening portion (3) provided to be secured to both the batte...