ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,638, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"High voltage battery system without standalone pack enclosure" was invented by Adam Thipphavong (San Jose, Calif.), James Hawkins (Fremont, Calif.), Harrison Senor (Newark, Calif.) and Axel Boris Vollmer (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle comprises: a vehicle body; a cavity in the vehicle body, the cavity formed by at least one wall of the vehicle body and by an opening in the vehicle body; a closure configured for closing the opening; an electric motor for propulsion of the electric vehicle; and components that comprise a high voltage...