ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,262, issued on March 17, was assigned to AESC Japan Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Battery module and electronic device" was invented by Yulong Bai (Jiangsu, China), Zhiqi Song (Jiangsu, China), Fangkai Fu (Jiangsu, China) and Yafei He (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module and an electronic device are provided. The battery module includes a case and a cell. Multiple cells are stacked in the case along a thickness direction. The case includes a base plate, an upper cover, and a side wall. The side wall is formed by enclosing multiple side plates. The side plates include at least one movable plate capable of slidin...