ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,900, issued on April 29, was assigned to Stacked Energy Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Battery configurations having through-pack fasteners" was invented by Dylan Erb (San Jose, Calif.), Abraham B. Caulk (San Jose, Calif.), Ross L. Johnstal (Cincinnati), Paul W. Firehammer (Saline, Mich.), Edward T. Hillstrom (San Jose, Calif.), Zhongying Shi (San Jose, Calif.), Ian E. O'Connor (Cupertino, Calif.) and Alexander J. Clarabut (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first circuit board defining a plurality of apertures through the first cir...