US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Feb. 17 for "Cell module having a measuring device for detecting deformation and damage of a cell module frame" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,837, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Cell module having a measuring device for detecting deformation and damage of a cell module frame" was invented by Philip Kotter (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell module for an electrical energy storage device of a motor vehicle includes at least one cell structure made up of energy storage cells, a metallic cell module frame, enclosing the at least one cell structure, for clamping the energy storage cells, and a measuring device for detecting a deformation of the cell module frame related to cell expansion. The measuring device includes a pass...