ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,413, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HBPO GmbH (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Battery housing, battery and method for manufacturing a battery" was invented by Christian Schneider (Bad Lippspringe, Germany) and Reinhold Bruckner (Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a battery housing (1), in particular for a starter battery for a vehicle, having a housing interior (2) for an arrangement of a plurality of battery cells (3), and a housing unit (10) which at least partially surrounds the housing interior (2) and has a duct system (20) with a plurality of channels (21) for guiding a fluid for tem...