ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,578, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA BATTERY Co. LTD. (Kosai, Japan).

"Battery pack and method for producing the battery pack" was invented by Kousuke Muraishi (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a battery stack including a plurality of battery cells and a case member in which the battery stack is housed. The case member includes an end wall part located on one end of the battery stack in a stacking direction and continuously integrated with a floor part, and a mounting-shape part located on an opposite end from the end wall part and configured to mount a panel-shaped member. The batte...