ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,825, issued on June 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Structurally mountable battery" was invented by Michael P. Zhang (Fremont, Calif.), Hirotsugu Oba (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Tyler S. Atura Bushnell (San Francisco), Brad G. Boozer (Campbell, Calif.) and Woojin Jung (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology relates to a battery pack configured to be structurally mounted to a portable electronic device. The battery pack may comprise an enclosure configured to enclose a plurality of layers. One or more primary brackets may be connected to at least one wall of the enclosure. Each of the one...