ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,579, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method and system for a prismatic battery cell assembly" was invented by Luke Barton (Beverly Hills, Mich.) and Christopher Schlaupitz (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prismatic battery cell assembly includes a prismatic container having a body portion composed with side portions, a top portion arranged on a first end of the body portion and a bottom portion arranged on a second end of the body portion; a first terminal and a second terminal; and battery cells that are arranged in the prismatic container in a stack. Each of th...