ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,786, issued on June 2, was assigned to VARTA Microbattery GmbH (Ellwangen Jagst, Germany).

"Battery module and method of producing a battery module" was invented by Tim Hoffmann (Neresheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a first battery module having a housing having at least one first marginal indentation on a housing exterior, and a second battery module having a housing having at least one second marginal indentation on a housing exterior, wherein the at least one connecting element holding the battery modules together includes a first end piece and a second end piece and a middle piece connecting the two...