ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,528, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Cell holder for holding battery cells of a traction battery" was invented by Dieter Reisinger (Muehlacker, Germany), Dragos-Cristian Iancu (Hitzhofen, Germany) and Eduard Reimer (Fellbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell holder for accommodating a plurality of battery cells of a traction battery may include a base body, at least two first receptacles disposed on a first side of the base body, and at least two second receptacles disposed on a second side of the base body opposite the first side. The at least two first receptacles and the at least ...