ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,099, issued on May 6, was assigned to Geotab Inc. (Oakville, Canada).

"Electronic device housing with integrated battery compartment" was invented by Sajjad Karimi (Mississauga, Canada), Usman Younas (Georgetown, Canada), Clinton Mackenzie (Thorold, Canada) and Michael Pirruccio (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for an electronic device having an integrated battery compartment is provided. The integrated battery compartment has battery contacts and battery retainers that maintain batteries in place despite motion or impact forces."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2024, under Application No. 18/410,449.

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