US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on April 14 for "Battery cell extraction tool and method of using" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,605, issued on April 14, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Battery cell extraction tool and method of using" was invented by Robert Tingle (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for removing a battery cell from a rigid housing containing a plurality of contiguous battery cells. The apparatus bridges the housing with a jack that ratchets up a selected battery cell by attachment to undercuts in the terminals. The jack has a hinged connection between the bridge and a manually operated handle. A user operates the handle to raise a...