ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,649, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to WHS ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC (Argyle, Texas).

"Single conductor layer cell-to-cell interconnect for electric vehicle power supply or other power supply" was invented by Kenneth Kawanishi (Whittier, Calif.), Deborah A. Bourke (San Diego), Seth Lewis (Monrovia, Calif.), Cody J. Rhebergen (Lomita, Calif.) and Berton Vite (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an interconnect assembly configured to receive and retain multiple batteries. The interconnect assembly includes a retainer configured to receive portions of the batteries, a conductive interconnect layer car...