ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,836, issued on March 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Battery module" was invented by Masao Kawata (Wako, Japan) and Kyosuke Miyoshi (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a battery module including: a casing; and a plurality of battery cells each having a substantially columnar shape, the battery module including a plurality of support columns each arranged along an axial direction of the battery cell, both ends of each support column in the axial direction being connected to the casing, wherein each of the support columns includes a cavity and includes, on a lateral surface of the support c...