ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,954, issued on May 27, was assigned to Vehicle Energy Japan Inc. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Secondary battery module" was invented by Koji Chida (Hitachinaka, Japan), Yasuyuki Aizawa (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Masatake Fuke (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery module includes a plurality of battery blocks each obtained by stacking a plurality of battery cells. The secondary battery module includes a holding member adapted to hold the plurality of battery blocks and including a pair of opposed end plates, a pair of opposed side plates, and a section plate arranged between the adjacent battery blocks to part...