ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,447, issued on May 26, was assigned to Cytherean Mandelbrot LLC (Groton, Mass.).

"Automotive battery with embossed electrical contact sockets" was invented by Joseph Stecewycz (Groton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive battery includes positive and negative battery contact sockets on the battery surface, each battery contact socket having a socket shell slot in a socket shell such that a polarized electrical connector prong inserted into a designated socket shell slot makes electrical contact with the corresponding battery terminal."

The patent was filed on Oct. 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/958,326.

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