ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,640, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Battery case" was invented by Toshio Uchiyama (Toyota, Japan), Kazuo Ebata (Toyota, Japan), Takashi Murata (Kasugai, Japan), Yo Yamamoto (Nagoya, Japan) and Masahiro Misu (Nissin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery case includes L-shaped plates. One L-shaped plate is composed of a bottom part and a wall part. The bottom part is located between base ends of support pillar members and a bottom plate and joined to the bottom plate. The wall part is placed against outer lateral surfaces of the support pillar members and mechanically joined to these ...