US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Nov. 18 for "Structural battery pack" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,314, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Structural battery pack" was invented by Nicholas Compton (Troy, Mich.), Giles D. Bryer (Northville, Mich.), Ian A. Stines (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Jason Mitchick (Royal Oak, Mich.), Alexander M. Bilinski (Avoca, Mich.), Gustavo Cibrian Salazar (Belle River, Canada), Jacqueline Nava (Madison Heights, Mich.), Andrew P. Oury (Troy, Mich.), James D. Hendrickson (Oxford, Mich.) and Phillip D. Hamelin (Clarkston, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural battery pack includes a bottom cover, a bottom cell carrier, multiple battery cells, a cooling r...