ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,064, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Battery housing for electric vehicles" was invented by Robert Reiners (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Mathias Huber (Brighton, Mich.) and Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery housing for an electric vehicle includes a cover, a body, and a seal. The body is secured to the cover and includes a first edge section and a second edge section secured to and overlapping the first edge section. The seal is engaged with the cover and includes a channel receiving the first and second edge sections of the body. The f...