ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,247, issued on April 14, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Battery attaching/detaching structure" was invented by Takashi Mizuki (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery attaching/detaching structure includes: a guide part fixed to a vehicle and extended from a vehicle inside position to a vehicle outside position in an approximately horizontal direction; a mounting stand on which a battery for running the vehicle is placed, the mounting stand being configured to be guided by the guide part to move between the vehicle inside position and the vehicle outside position; a restraining part configured...