US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 16 for "Structural side plate for a rechargeable energy storage system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,303, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Structural side plate for a rechargeable energy storage system" was invented by Matthew Simonin (Ortonville, Mich.), Patrick H. Clark (Royal Oak, Mich.), Ryan J. Prescott (Burton, Mich.) and Xianfeng Yan (Clawson, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), in accordance with a non-limiting example, includes a first energy storage cell including a first outer surface, a second outer surface, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The second lateral side includes a first structural side plate includin...