US Patent Issued to Audi on May 6 for "Method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle and corresponding production device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,877, issued on May 6, was assigned to Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle and corresponding production device" was invented by Walter Schmieder (Hepberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle. At least one cell module having multiple battery cells is arranged in a receptacle compartment of a battery housing of the traction battery. The battery cells are provided with a separate temperature sensor At least one temperature sensor is arranged on a metal carrier in each case and the metal carrier is welded to a cell housin...