ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,516, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH (Attendorn, Germany).
"Battery housing for a vehicle operated by electric motor" was invented by Aydogan Gundogan (Plettenberg, Germany), Alexander Gunther (Olpe, Germany), Alexander Schauerte (Kirchhundem, Germany) and Jan Gobel (Netphen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery housing for an electric vehicle comprises a first housing part and a second housing part. The first housing part has a trough-type structure for receiving one or more battery modules. The second housing part is designed as a cover part for closing the first housing part. Th...