ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,934, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Battery module" was invented by Takashi Inamura (Himeji, Japan) and Takatoshi Kageyama (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible printed board has deflection with the flexible printed board and a control board being connected to each other. A positioning portion for the flexible printed board on a plate member is provided. The positioning portion is provided with a protrusion provided in the plate member and a hole provided in the flexible printed board. The flexible printed board is positioned by a side surface of the hole being p...