ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,379, issued on July 7, was assigned to CALB Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Battery pack and output end protection support" was invented by Dong Zhao (Changzhou, China), Fanming Kong (Changzhou, China) and Ruisheng Tian (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack and an output end protection support are provided. The battery pack includes a box body, a first output end protection support, and a second output end protection support. The first output end protection support is arranged on the box body. The second output end protection support is arranged on the box body. The first output end protection support is directly...