US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Jan. 13 for "System for securing energy storage devices" (Indiana, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,676, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System for securing energy storage devices" was invented by Brian R. Bell (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Adam R. Rosenberger (Washington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a base having a surface and a post coupled to the base and extending in a first direction that is transverse to the surface of the base. The system further includes a battery module having a housing supported by the base and defining an internal space, the housing being configured to secure one or more battery cells within the internal space. The housing of the batter...