US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on April 14 for "Traction battery and vehicle having a traction battery" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,370, issued on April 14, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Traction battery and vehicle having a traction battery" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen-Malmsheim, Germany) and Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction battery of an electrically or semi-electrically driven vehicle includes several battery modules arranged one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Each of the battery modules extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle between a left and a right vehicle longitudinal support, as well as a central battery control dev...