US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 31 for "Battery pack casing having crush resistance and thermal insulation for electrified vehicle" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,440, issued on March 31, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Battery pack casing having crush resistance and thermal insulation for electrified vehicle" was invented by Huiyang Yu (Shanghai), Cuicui Zhang (Shanghai), Jingjing Zhao (Shanghai), Gang Wang (Shanghai), Liang Hou (Shanghai) and Caizhen Sun (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack assembly configured to be coupled to a battery housing for an electrified vehicle includes a battery case and an air column assembly. The battery case has a bottom surface, a forward wall, a rearward wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The air column assemb...