ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,843, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Energy storage device, motor vehicle and cooling plate assembly" was invented by Azad Darbandi (Unterfoehring, Germany) and Tobias Schmieg (Niederstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage device having a plurality of cells for storing electrical energy, and a plurality of cooling plates, which are arranged between the cells, wherein insulation sides of the cooling plates are thermally insulated to inhibit thermal propagation. Also disclosed are a motor vehicle having such an energy storage device and a cooling plate assembly."

The ...