ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,094, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Arrangements for inhibiting intrusion into battery pack electrical components" was invented by James P. Elfering (Antioch, Ill.), Cameron R. Schulz (Milwaukee), Ryan B. Jipp (Brookfield, Wis.), Samuel Sheeks (Germantown, Wis.), Kyle J. Radovich (West Bend, Wis.) and Michael Kolden (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack and a method of assembling a battery pack. The battery pack may include an outer housing; a cell module supportable by the outer housing, the cell module including a module housing, a plurality of battery ...