ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,249, issued on June 23, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Cell holder for at least one battery cell and cell module" was invented by Anselm Muelberger (Wernau, Germany) and Holger Rothenburger (Lauffen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell holder for a battery cell includes an intake in which the battery cell is receivable. The cell holder is stackable with additional cell holders in a module frame in which a battery that has a plurality of battery cells is receivable. The cell holder is guidable in the module frame relative to the module frame by a guiding device."

The patent was filed on June 8...