ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,448, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AVL LIST GMBH (Graz, Austria).

"Device for testing at least one battery cell" was invented by Augustin Gilli (Graz, Austria), Markus Peer (Graz, Austria) and Martin Schwab (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (1) for testing at least one battery cell (2), more particularly of a secondary battery, the device comprising: -a first plate (3) and a second plate (4), the battery cell (2) being clamped between the two plates (3, 4), which are preferably substantially rectangular, and at least one plate (4) being pressed against the battery cell (2) with a def...