ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,091, issued on March 3, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vehicle and battery pack thereof" was invented by Liangwen Tan (Shenzhen, China), Peng Lu (Shenzhen, China), Na Song (Shenzhen, China), Jing Tan (Shenzhen, China) and Wenhui Chen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a tray, multiple batteries, a distribution box, and a sealing plate. The tray includes an accommodating space, and the batteries and the distribution box are disposed in the accommodating space. The batteries are electrically connected to the distribution box. The tray includes a bottom plate, an access port in comm...