ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,550, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Battery pack" was invented by Atsushi Oki (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The battery pack includes a battery stack, a holding member, a device component, and a case. The case has opposing walls facing the device component. The holding member has a pair of fixing portions, a holding portion, and a pair of connecting portions. Holding member, when the load for deforming the opposing wall so that the opposing wall bulges toward the device component acts on the opposing wall, the device component is deformed so as to displace in a direction awa...