ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,063, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Heated battery module" was invented by Benjamin Kopp (Remseck Am Neckar, Germany), Christian Loew (Stuttgart, Germany), Markus Schmitt (Tamm, Germany) and Roman Marx (Moensheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells (14), in particular rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells that each have a battery cell housing (16), comprising a side surface that surrounds the inside of the cell, a bottom and a top surface, wherein the side surface and/or the bottom surface of the battery cell housings (16) are/...