ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,214, issued on June 24, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).
"Battery module" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen, Germany), Dieter Schiebel (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany), Adrian Starczewski (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany), Immanuel Vogel (Kornwestheim, Germany), Sascha Mostofi (Zeltingen, Germany) and Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module for a partially or fully electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing, which has a main body with at least one open end, and at least one battery cell stack, which has a carrier plate at least at one end. ...