ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,516, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Cell module assemblies battery pack" was invented by Jeffrey Zeiler (Pewaukee, Wis.), Jacob Schmalz (Milwaukee), Michael Marshall (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Jim Busse (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a battery housing, a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a plurality of cell module assemblies, and a battery management system. The plurality of cell module assemblies are received within an internal cavity of the battery housing, and include a plurality of lithium-ion battery cells that are connected in parallel. The batt...