ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,263, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Protective arrangement for vehicle battery" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Rennigen, Germany), Teiwen Fehse (Stuttgart, Germany) and Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a battery arrangement and a protective arrangement. The protective arrangement includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, and acceleration sensors. The third layer has a layer volume that can be reduced under the effect of pressure. The acceleration sensors i...