ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,791, issued on May 27, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Energy storage device for electric energy, charging arrangement and method for installing an energy storage device or charging arrangement" was invented by Ansgar Neudecker (Greding, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage device for electrical energy for charging an electric motor vehicle including at least one battery module, a housing for accommodating the at least one battery module and a connection device for connection to a power supply for charging the at least one battery module from a power grid, wherein the flat energy storage device has...