US Patent Issued to Elkem Silicones USA on June 16 for "Secondary battery pack with improved thermal management" (South Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,497, issued on June 16, was assigned to Elkem Silicones USA Corp. (East Brunswick, N.J.).

"Secondary battery pack with improved thermal management" was invented by Kathryn Elizabeth Messner (Lake Wylie, S.C.), Yan Meng (Rock Hill, S.C.), John Albaugh (Fort Mill, S.C.), Matthew Kihara (Camarillo, Calif.), Scott Jackson (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Virginia O'Neil (York, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel secondary battery pack with improved thermal management useful for an all-electric vehicle (EV), a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), a hybrid vehicle (HEV), or battery packs used for other vehicles batt...