ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,751, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH (Paderborn, Germany).

"Battery holder for a vehicle" was invented by Christian Handing (Langenberg, Germany), Kai Michel (Salzkotten, Germany), Konstantin Tatarinov (Bielefeld, Germany) and Stefan Schmitz (Bielefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a battery holder for receiving a plurality of battery cells or battery modules in an electrically driven vehicle, with a one-piece, uniform-material receiving tray for receiving the plurality of battery cells or battery modules, the receiving tray having a base plate and an outer wall whic...