ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,297, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nemak S.A.B. de C.V. (Nuevo Leon, Mexico).

"Battery carrier for an electrically driven vehicle and method of manufacturing such a battery carrier" was invented by Sven Schuddekopf (Gottingen, Germany), Richard Franzmann (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Jan Scheil (Wiesbaden, Germany) and Udo Kreutzarek (Singen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a battery carrier which is provided for being fastened in a floor region of a supporting structure of an electrically driven motor vehicle. The battery carrier with a floor section and a side wall running around the floor section ...