US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Dec. 23 for "Motor-vehicle traction battery arrangement" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,941, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Motor-vehicle traction battery arrangement" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen, Germany) and Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-vehicle traction battery arrangement has a plurality of battery modules arranged in a single horizontal plane (XY) in the vehicle floor, an electrical battery management system and a high-voltage busbar that electrically connects all battery modules and the battery management system to each other. The battery management system serves to monitor all battery modules and ...