ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,411, issued on July 15, was assigned to Hyperdrive Innovation Ltd. (Sunderland, Great Britain).
"Battery assembly" was invented by Jason Lovell (Sunderland Tyne and Wear, Great Britain) and Andrew Walt (Sunderland Tyne and Wear, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery assembly comprising: a first pouch cell for a battery, comprising a flexible surface to allow expansion and contraction of the first pouch cell a cooling plate having: a cell contact area for providing thermal contact between the cooling plate and the flexible surface of the first pouch cell; and an exchange contact area for providing thermal contact with...