ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,864, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Battery cover" was invented by Suharu Hoshino (Tokyo), Takashi Hashimoto (Tokyo) and Toshiaki Naruke (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cover for covering a battery stack stored in a battery pack includes a first cover member, a second cover member, a reinforcement, a gas exhaust passage, and an air exhaust passage. The first cover member covers the battery stack from above. The second cover member is joined to the first cover member from above. The reinforcement extends along a longitudinal direction of the battery stack, and is disposed between the first co...