ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,547, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Battery unit" was invented by Edward Jobson (Romelanda, Sweden) and Hanna Bryngelsson (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a battery unit (14) comprising six battery unit faces (30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40). The battery unit (14) has a shape that can be inscribed in an imaginary cube having six cube faces such that each battery unit face (30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40) forms part of a corresponding imaginary cube face, wherein a first battery unit face pair of the battery unit (14) comprises a first battery unit face (3...