ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,385, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to CelLink Corp. (San Carlos, Calif.).
"Battery interconnects" was invented by Kevin Michael Coakley (Belmont, Calif.), Malcolm Brown (Mountain View, Calif.) and Paul Tsao (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are interconnects for interconnecting a set of battery cells, assemblies comprising these interconnects, methods of forming such interconnects, and methods of forming such assemblies. An interconnect includes a conductor comprising two portions electrically isolated from each other. At least one portion may include two contacts for connecting to battery cells and a fuse fo...