ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,233, issued on July 14, was assigned to FLEX-N-GATE ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC (Warren, Mich.).

"Prismatic battery cell separator and module using same" was invented by Daniel Le (Grafton, Wis.), Jack Bekou (Windsor, Canada) and Paul Martini (Tecumseh, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a first side rail, a second side rail, one or more battery cell banks, and one or more battery cell separators. The one or more battery cell banks are positioned between the first side rail and the second side rail. The one or more battery cell separators are positioned within the one or more battery cell banks and c...