US Patent Issued to DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS on July 28 for "Seal assembly for a battery cell" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,142, issued on July 28, was assigned to DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Seal assembly for a battery cell" was invented by Mark T. Ashbolt (Newtown, Conn.), Daniel G. Allen (New Milford, Conn.) and Oleg Podoprigora (New Milford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly for a battery cell includes a grommet having an opening having an inner surface. A nail has a nail head and a stem extending from the stem. The stem includes a first portion with a larger diameter and a second portion with a smaller diameter and the stem extends through the opening in the grommet. The stem and the grommet form a first inte...