ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,318, issued on March 25, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Technologies for battery retention" was invented by Prasanna Pichumani (Bangalore, India), Jagadish Vasudeva Singh (Bangalore, India), Prakash Kurma Raju (Bangalore, India), Vinay Kumar Chandrasekhara (Bangalore, India), Arvind Sundaram (Bangalore, India) and Naoki Matsumura (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for battery retention are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a thin polyurethane strap is used to hold a battery in place. The strap only requires a small amount of volume, allowing for a higher volume (and higher capac...