ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,702, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Structural assembly for battery structure of electric vehicle" was invented by Scott M. Rollins (Highland, Mich.), Dominic Mario Bertolini (Royal Oak, Mich.), David Doman (Canton, Mich.), Francisco Fernandez-Galindo (Canton, Mich.), John Hammack McCormick (Clawson, Mich.), Jason Luke Sielaff (Brighton, Mich.) and Liam E. West (Ferndale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural assembly for a battery structure of a vehicle includes a lower wall and a pair of cross members. The lower wall is configured to support a cell stack. The pair of ...