ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,592, issued on Sept. 30, 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 a battery assembly including six batteries each having a cylindrical external shape, and electrode terminals at both end portions in a cylindrical axis direction, respectively, are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the cylindrical axis direction in which cylindrical axes thereof are in parallel or substantially in parallel, and a tab to connect the electrode terminals of the six batteries. Assuming that three batterie...