ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,648, issued on June 2, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Battery supporting structure" was invented by Yuichi Hidaka (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a battery supporting structure to be provided in a vessel, the battery supporting structure including a supporting part that supports a battery, wherein the supporting part is movable between below and above a deck of the vessel by rotating around a rotary shaft provided in the vessel."

The patent was filed on Feb. 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/169,966.

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