ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,003, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to AMPERE S.A.S. (Boulogne Billancourt, France).

"Structural electrochemical storage assembly for a motor vehicle" was invented by David Leray (Guyancourt Cedex, France) and Thierry Tourret (Guyancourt Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural electrochemical storage assembly for a motor vehicle includes an electrochemical energy storage device including at least a group of two banks of solid electrochemical storage elements, the banks being superposed on top of one another, and at least one piece made of compressible material, which is positioned and compressed between the at least ...