ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,235, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery module comprising a cell interconnect for cells comprising terminals positioned on a same side" was invented by Jiro Muratsu (Osaka, Japan) and Shinya Geshi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: cells, wherein each of the cells including a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal disposed on one end part, the one end parts being positioned on a same side, and a battery block is constituted by a row of the plurality of cells. The battery module further includes a pl...