ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,875, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Battery module" was invented by Jerome Homann (Renningen, Germany) and Markus Schmitt (Tamm, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a battery module comprising a housing element (2) made of a metal material (3) and a cover element (4) made of a metal material (5), which elements are connected to one another by means of a plurality of screw connections (8), so as to form a common interior (6) designed to receive a plurality of battery cells (7), in such a way that an electrical contact is formed between the housing element (2) and...