ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,594, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS INC. (North Logan, Utah).
"Thermal runaway debris capture devices and methods" was invented by Joseph James (Hyde Park, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris capture device for use in a battery system includes a housing and a baffle arrangement. The baffle arrangement is sized and configured to capture debris that is greater than a threshold weight (e.g., 10 grams) and/or greater than a threshold size (e.g.; 0.25 inches (0.635 cm)) to prevent the debris from being exhausted out an exhaust system of the battery system. The present disclosure relates generally to t...