US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on March 17 for "Battery assemblies, vehicles, and methods with pouch-type battery cells having terminal end caps" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,730, issued on March 17, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Battery assemblies, vehicles, and methods with pouch-type battery cells having terminal end caps" was invented by Christopher Schlaupitz (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are terminal end caps for pouch-type battery cells, vehicles equipped with rechargeable battery packs containing such pouch cells, and methods for making/using such caps, cells, and/or vehicles. A battery cell assembly includes a cell pouch with flexible pouch walls that are joined along a peripheral seam to define one or more openings at one or both e...