ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,447, issued on July 1, was assigned to Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Northbrook, Ill.).
"Container for holding batteries or cells" was invented by Judith Jeevarajan (League City, Texas), Daniel Juarez-Robles (League City, Texas) and Tapesh Joshi (League City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container includes a body having a top and a bottom, with a plurality of receptacles defined within the body and configured to receive an electrochemical cell or battery therein, with each receptacle having an open first end located at the top of the body. The body further includes internal walls separating the receptacles laterally from e...