ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,946, issued on May 27, was assigned to Flyer Next LLC (Los Angeles).

"Configurable vehicle battery backplane and modules and methods of operating the same" was invented by Bruce Falls (Dove Canyon, Calif.), Scott Kochan (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Oded Nechushtan (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Adam Adelson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage/battery system is disclosed. The system can include a multi-voltage configurable module (MVCM) and a multi-voltage configurable backplane (MVCB) that form the system. A method of manufacture of an MVCM can include placing a plurality of battery cell isolation sleeves within a ...