US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Jan. 27 for "High strength steel tube reinforcement of aluminum battery case" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,938, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"High strength steel tube reinforcement of aluminum battery case" was invented by Ryan C. Harris (Saline, Mich.), Kaitlyn A. Cherniuk (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Weiling Wang (Livonia, Mich.) and Todd Muck (Fowlerville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided securing a battery pack to a vehicle. Embodiments can comprise an internal cross member secured to a first side of the vehicle's chassis. A cooling plate can be placed on one side of the internal cross m...