ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,312, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Structural assembly for battery structure of electric vehicle" was invented by Scott M. Rollins (Highland, Mich.), Dominic Mario Bertolini (Royal Oak, Mich.), David Doman (Canton, Mich.), Francisco Fernandez-Galindo (Canton, Mich.), John Hammack McCormick (Clawson, Mich.), Jason Luke Sielaff (Brighton, Mich.) and Liam E. West (Ferndale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural assembly for a battery structure includes a first shell, a second shell and a cold plate. The first shell includes a first cross member portion providing lateral s...