ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,265, issued on Nov. 3.

"Electric vehicle fire extinguishing device" was invented by Jhe-Yi Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle fire extinguishing device includes a structural cavity channel formed within a battery compartment of the electric vehicle, and a connector extended the channel to a surface of a vehicle body structure. In one example, the connector is connected to a corresponding connector, a pipeline, a control panel, and a fire extinguishing agent external supply unit outside the vehicle. A detector sends a signal to the control panel in an event of sensing a fire, and a fire extinguis...