ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,451, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Battery pack" was invented by Michiya Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes multiple batteries with tubular shape and in parallel or substantially in parallel to each other, and a tab to electrically connect the multiple batteries to each other. The multiple batteries include a first set of batteries in parallel or substantially in parallel in an X-axis direction, and a second set of batteries in parallel or substantially in parallel in the X-axis direction, and adjacent to the first set in a Y-axis direction...