ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,345, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Leak checking enclosures via valves for venting or pressure relief" was invented by Vaughn Kevin Mills (Chealsea, Mich.), Sagar Pingale (Pune, India), Jens Buhlinger (Iffezheim, Germany), Sascha Hermann (Sinzheim, Germany), Akash Gonjari (Solapur, India), Daniel Lee Pifer (Mattawan, Mich.), Anuj Rajendrakumar Kankaria (Pune, India), Nan Grady Creamer (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Shahajahan Desai-Danwade (Pune, India) and James K. Spring (Milford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve arrangement for a battery case includes a valve body adapted for connectio...