ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,274, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Battery support structure" was invented by Yutaka Yokoyama (Tokyo) and Shinichi Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery support structure includes upper and lower battery modules, a support, and a battery pack case. The upper battery module includes an upper battery module body, and an upper battery module fixing member. The upper battery module fixing member extends downward from the upper battery module body and is coupled to the support. The lower battery module includes a lower battery module body, and a lower battery module fixing member. The lower b...