ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,785, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Battery module" was invented by Takuya Egashira (Hyogo, Japan), Hiroshi Takata (Hyogo, Japan) and Kazuhiro Harazuka (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Battery module includes battery stack having a plurality of batteries stacked, each battery having a top surface provided with an output terminal, restraining member that has flat portion extending along side surfaces of the plurality of batteries in stacking direction of batteries and restrains the plurality of batteries, and side separator that has first portion interposed between each battery ...