ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,072, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Battery module" was invented by Shigemitsu Akutsu (Saitama, Japan) and Shinji Fujimoto (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery module which can appropriately pressurize the laminate, absorb displacement of the applied load accompanying charge and discharge of the laminated battery cells during use of the lithium ion battery, and fix pressure plates at ends in the lamination direction of the lithium ion battery laminate to a case. A battery module includes: a cell laminate in which a plurality of battery cells having a power generatio...