ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,774, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Electrochemical battery module and method therefor" was invented by Christopher Schlaupitz (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module composed of a plurality of electrochemical cells has selected positive and negative terminals being electrically connected and weldlessly mechanically joined employing a first adhesive material having electrically conductive properties and a second adhesive material having electrically isolative properties."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/159,971.

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