ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,385, issued on April 15, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Interlock structure of power supply system" was invented by Hiroki Sakamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system includes a first battery module 21, a second battery module 31, a first maintenance plug 7 that, when detached from the first battery module 21, isolates the first battery module 21 from a power circuit 5, a second maintenance plug 8 that, when detached from the second battery module 31, isolates the second battery module 31 from the power circuit 5, and a locking mechanism that locks the second maintenance plug 8. The first maint...