ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,207, issued on July 22, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery pack" was invented by Takeaki Wakabayashi (Hyogo, Japan) and Kensaku Takeda (Tokushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the battery pack, a circuit board is attached to a battery holder accommodating therein batteries. A first locking portion is provided at each of slidable side edges on both sides of the circuit board parallel to each other. An insertion guide for the circuit board is provided in the battery holder. A pair of elastic extensions slenderly extended include second locking portions to be locked to first locking portions ar...