ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,175, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).

"Battery module and a method for cooling a battery module of an electric vehicle" was invented by Nathan Goldsberry (South Burligton, Vt.) and Michael Cemprola (South Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module with a cooling plate and a firewall. Battery modules may include a firewall located proximal to the plurality of battery cells and configured to absorb heat from the battery cells. The firewall may include a stack of materials. A battery module may include a cooling plate between rows of battery cells configured to cool the battery ...