ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,548, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MTS Maschinenbau GmbH (Mengen, Germany).
"Stacking column for storing electric vehicle batteries" was invented by Eckhard Laible (Leinfelden-Schlechtenmuhle, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stacking column for storing electric vehicle batteries one above the other or next to one another on or on pawls (7.1-7.3), wherein the pawls (7.1-7.3) are accommodated in a U-body and the U-body has two side walls (1.1, 1.2), a rear wall (2) and an opening edge, wherein the pawls (7.1-7.3) rotate about axes (8.1-8.3) from a resting position into a working position between t...