ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,373, issued on July 7, was assigned to EVE POWER Co. LTD. (Jingmen, China).

"Battery pack and vehicle" was invented by Wencong Qiu (Jingmen, China), Fan Li (Jingmen, China), Zhiwei Chen (Jingmen, China), Zhaohai Chen (Jingmen, China) and Yanqiang Feng (Jingmen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack and a vehicle are provided. The battery pack includes a base plate assembly, a side beam assembly, and at least one battery cell group. The side beam assembly is disposed at an outer periphery of the base plate assembly. The side beam assembly and the base plate assembly define an accommodating cavity, and the accommodating ca...