US Patent Issued to Electric Power System on Oct. 27 for "Thermal management of electrochemical storage devices" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,528, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Electric Power System Inc. (North Logan, Utah).

"Thermal management of electrochemical storage devices" was invented by Randy Dunn (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrochemical cell battery systems and associated methods of operation are provided based on the incorporation of a thermal suppression construct including a supply of an electrically non-conductive, non-flammable, coolant. The coolant provides a first cooling method that benefits the cells by cooling them during normal operating modes and provides a second cooling method in the case of high temperature abnormal situa...