ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,601, issued on July 7, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Mobile apparatus for handling a traction battery of an electric vehicle" was invented by Justus Speichermann (Stuttgart, Germany) and Christoph Orth (Marbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile apparatus for handling a traction battery (100) of an electric vehicle is provided. The mobile apparatus may have a crane (109) for moving the traction battery (100). The apparatus includes a structure (101) of a truck or a trailer. A system (102, 103, 105, 107) for handling and/or analyzing the traction battery (100) is arranged in the interi...