ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,331, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Battery pack" was invented by Tatsuya Nagahama (Anjo, Japan) and Minoru Gyoda (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack may include a battery cell; a control board disposed above the battery cell and connected to the battery cell; a plurality of terminals disposed on the control board and disposed side by side in a left-right direction; a plurality of partition wall disposed on the control board; and an outer case housing the battery cell, the control board, the plurality of terminals, and the plurality of partition walls, and having an upper surface ...