ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,246, issued on April 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Adjustable thermal mid-beam member for separating battery cell rows in a battery assembly" was invented by Pauline Shammami (Royal Oak, Mich.), Matthew Simonin (Ortonville, Mich.), Ryan J. Prescott (Burton, Mich.) and Qaiser Khan (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery assembly includes a housing having a base wall, a first end wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. A plurality of battery cells is arranged in the housing. The plurality of battery cells includes a first plurality of battery cells arranged in a first row an...