ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,393, issued on April 21, was assigned to PSA Automobiles SA (Poissy, France).

"Housing for a motor vehicle battery" was invented by Dirk Wexel (Russelsheim am Main, Germany) and Florian Heller (Russelsheim am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present development relates to a housing (11) for a motor vehicle battery (12), comprising:-a housing body (40) for forming a cavity (60) for receiving the motor vehicle battery (12),-wherein the housing body (40) has a bottom side (13), by means of which the housing body (40) can be fixed to the floor (8) of a motor vehicle (1), and-wherein the housing body (40) has an upper sid...