ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,249, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MAN Truck & Bus SE (Munich).

"Energy storage device for an electrically powered motor vehicle" was invented by Florian Wilke (Munich) and Sebastian Kratzer (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates, inter alia, to an energy storage device (10) for an electrically powered motor vehicle. A first support element (18) is arranged between one end (20) of a stiffening strut (16) and a battery housing (14).The first support element (18) supports the stiffening strut (16) on the battery housing (14), wherein a cross-section of the first support element (18) increases from the end (20...