ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,242, issued on June 23, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l. (Calderara di Reno, Italy).

"1s2p battery pack for fast charge application-layered structure with PCM pouches and compressible foam for swelling absorption" was invented by Marco Pifferi (San Cesario sul Panaro, Italy), Giuseppe Pio Frascolla (Bologna, Italy), Francesco Pugliese (Bologna, Italy) and D'ulisse Marco (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable battery pack may include at least one rechargeable battery cell and at least one phase change material (PCM) pouch in contact with the at least one rechargeable battery cell within a housing. The ba...