ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,528, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Accommodating device and electric power system" was invented by Takashi Matsumoto (Wako, Japan) and Tsutomu Takahashi (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery exchanger is provided with a slot sleeve for accommodating a mobile battery in an insertable and removable manner. The slot sleeve has a tubular portion and a bottom portion connected to the tubular portion. The tubular portion surrounds the outer periphery of the mobile battery accommodated in the slot sleeve. The bottom portion has an air inlet for causing the inside and the outside of the slot ...