ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,952, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for producing a battery module, battery module, traction battery, and electrically operable motor vehicle" was invented by Matthias Wagner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing a battery module for a traction battery of an electrically operable motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: -providing battery cells (1), -providing a holding device (2) for the battery cells (1), which has receiving chambers (3) for the battery cells (1), -at least partially coating an outer side (9) of the battery cells (1) ...