ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,323, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Rechargeable battery pack" was invented by Marcin Rejman (Waiblingen, Germany), Benjamin Grauer (Stuttgart, Germany), Thorsten Seidel (Remseck, Germany) and Mickael Segret (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable battery pack, in particular a rechargeable battery pack for a hand-held power tool. The rechargeable battery pack includes a housing in which at least one rechargeable battery cell is accommodated. It is provided that the rechargeable battery pack includes at least one protective element that is connected to the housing."...