ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,560, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

"Battery system and vehicle including the battery system" was invented by Wolfgang Reinprecht (Attendorf, Austria), Michael Erhart (Seiersberg-Pirka, Austria), Gernot Kraberger (Graz, Austria) and Matthias Pucher (Lebring, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system for an electric vehicle includes: a plurality of battery cells, each of the battery cells including electrode terminals; a busbar interconnecting the battery cells by contacting the electrode terminals; a battery housing enclosing the battery cells; and an electrically and...