ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,857, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CANOO TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Single conductor layer cell-to-cell interconnect for electric vehicle power supply or other power supply" was invented by Kenneth Kawanishi (Whittier, Calif.), Deborah A. Bourke (San Diego), Seth Lewis (Monrovia, Calif.), Cody J. Rhebergen (Lomita, Calif.), Berton Vite (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Phillip J. Weicker (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an interconnect assembly configured to receive and retain multiple batteries. The interconnect assembly includes a retainer configured to receive portions of the batterie...