ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,278, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Karma Automotive LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Vehicle battery assembly" was invented by Nadim F. Ramadan (Irvine, Calif.), Bailey Erin Fagan (Milford, Mich.) and Edward Djrbashian (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle battery assembly having specialized fasteners that includes an integrated compression limiter. The compression limiter provides protection for the fastening joint of a cover and a tray of a housing for the battery assembly. The battery assembly may also include nut and bolt assembly which may be installed by a nut insertion tool. The nut insertion tool allows the nut ...