ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,827, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LAT Enterprises Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Battery with flexible omnidirectional leads" was invented by Laura Thiel (Raleigh, N.C.), Giancarlo Urzi (Raleigh, N.C.) and Carlos Cid (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery comprising a battery element housed between a battery cover and a back plate, wherein the battery element, battery cover, and back plate have a slight curvature or contour adapted to conform to a curvature or a contour of a load-bearing platform. Further, the battery comprises flexible omnidirectional leads."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2024, under Applicatio...