ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,840, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to VOLOCOPTER TECHNOLOGIES GmbH (Bruchsal, Germany).

"Method of producing an encapsulated battery cell" was invented by Pablo Gutierrez (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing an encapsulated battery cell (1), includes: a) braiding a battery cell (1') with a fibre roving (8ba) to create a braid around the battery cell (1'); b) impregnating the braid with a resin material (8ad); and c) curing the resin material (8ad)."

The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/477,691.

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