ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,315, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PROTERRA POWERED LLC (Burlingame, Calif.).
"Battery cassette" was invented by Nicholas H. Herron (Pacifica, Calif.), Derek R. Paul (Redwood City, Calif.) and Dustin L. Grace (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cassette is disclosed. The battery cassette may include a frame including one or more hollow tubes. The battery cassette may further include a seal component having one or more hollow tubes aligned with the hollow tubes of the frame. The frame and the seal component may be configured to receive one or more battery cells in the hollow tubes."
The patent was filed on Ja...