US Patent Issued to Subaru on Sept. 8 for "Battery pack" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,847, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Subaru Corp. (Tokyo).

"Battery pack" was invented by Toshiyuki Hara (Tokyo) and Shinichi Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a battery and a case. The case is configured to accommodate the battery. The case includes a bead and a continuous member. The bead protrudes outward with respect to a planar member. The continuous member is continuous with the bead and is configured to allow communication between an interior of the case and an area outside the case."

The patent was filed on March 7, 2024, under Application No. 18/598,662.

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