ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,555, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Battery pack and method for producing battery pack" was invented by Atsushi Yamada (Nisshin Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a first battery, a second battery, a cooling member, and a restraining member that restrains the first battery, the second battery and the cooling member in the thickness direction. The cooling member includes a first surface, a first convex part that surrounds an outer periphery of the first surface and protrudes to the first battery side on the basis of the first surface in the thic...