ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,199, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Battery pack" was invented by Masaki Fukuda (Kasai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes: a plurality of stacked battery cells; a holding member that holds the plurality of battery cells; an adhesive member that is interposed between each of the battery cells and the holding member and that adheres each of the battery cells and the holding member; and a heat conduction member that has an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the adhesive member and that is interposed between each of the battery cells and the holdi...