ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,844, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Electric energy store" was invented by Torsten Franke (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric energy store for installing into a motor vehicle with an electric drive, having at least one housing consisting of a housing upper part, a housing lower part, and an intermediate element for receiving storage cells, wherein a connection between the intermediate element and the adjacent housing parts is designed in the form of a toothing for absorbing lateral pushing forces and simultaneously increasing the resistance against pulling forces."
The patent...