ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,421, issued on July 15, was assigned to Bren-Tronics Defense LLC (Commack, N.Y.).

"Ballistic resistant case for rechargeable batteries" was invented by Henry Paczkowski (Manhasset Hills, N.Y.), Peter J. Burke (East Northport, N.Y.), Daniel Sha (Farmingdale, N.Y.), Eugene Rudolph (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) and Alan Squillante (Kings Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ballistic resistant case for a secondary battery having a rectangular metal case (160) with a panel (160p) connected to the bottom wall and the side walls to divide the internal space of the case into cell pack receiving bays (160b). A bus bar (170) extends f...