ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,082, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Battery module" was invented by Shigemitsu Akutsu (Saitama, Japan) and Shinji Fujimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a battery module capable of suitably pressurizing a stack and having high energy density. Provided is a battery module including: a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, the battery cells including power generation elements and exterior bodies that cover the power generation elements, in which first through-holes penetrating through the plurality of battery cells in a stacking direction are provided at cent...