ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,852, issued on March 24, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"Battery case" was invented by Luke George (Derby, Great Britain), Douglas Campbell (Derby, Great Britain), Robert Martin (Derby, Great Britain) and Andrew Limmack (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery case for housing a battery and a method of fabricating such a battery case are provided. The battery case may be a battery case for an aircraft. The battery case comprises an enclosure having a cavity for housing the battery. An internal surface of the enclosure facing the cavity includes a protective lining comprising cork and a phenolic binde...