ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,239, issued on July 8, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Energy absorbing structure for a battery" was invented by Anthony Earl (Whitney, Great Britain), Michael Franz Schink (San Francisco) and Marcos Puerta Terron (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorbing structure positioned proximate a vehicle body and a battery housing reduces impact forces imparted to a battery during a side collision. The energy absorbing structure may include energy absorbers positioned on longitudinal sides of the vehicle between the vehicle body and the battery housing. The energy absorbers can represent on...