US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Sept. 23 for "Battery module and battery system with battery cells separated by a heat-resistant separator plate" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,697, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Battery module and battery system with battery cells separated by a heat-resistant separator plate" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen, Germany), Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany) and Philipp Berendes (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a module housing, a cell stack having a plurality of battery cells including a rectangular surface and a cell thickness perpendicular thereto, and a separator plate. A laminar extension of the separator plate corresponds to at least the rectangular surface...