US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Dec. 9 for "Device for compressing at least a portion of an energy storage cell, and system and method for electrical safety testing" (German, South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,517, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Device for compressing at least a portion of an energy storage cell, and system and method for electrical safety testing" was invented by Wonsup Han (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Hyunchul Roh (Munich) and Nina Zensen (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for compressing a portion of an energy storage cell includes a first shell element having a first receiving portion designed to receive the portion of the energy storage cell, and a second shell element, movable relative to the first shell element between an open position and a...