ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,252, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Energy storage cell and method for the production thereof" was invented by Franz Fuchs (Munich), Kevin Gallagher (Naperville, Ill.), Martin Hiller (Karlsfeld, Germany), Florian Kopp (Moettingen, Germany), Christophe Mille (Villard de Lans, France), Frederik Morgenstern (San Francisco), Nikolaos Tsiouvaras (Athens, Greece) and Seokyoon Yoo (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing an energy storage cell is provided. According to the method, a housing having a base, a tapping plate, and a wound electrode assembly are provided. The wound...