US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 30 for "High voltage battery deployable exhaust system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,139, issued on June 30, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"High voltage battery deployable exhaust system" was invented by Sreekanth Surapaneni (Oakland, Mich.), Venkata Chagarlamudi (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Uday Mahakali (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a battery pack including a housing that stores a plurality of batteries for providing electric power to the vehicle. A plurality of vents are attached to the housing that are configured to expel exhaust gases generated by the plurality of batteries. A manifold is located proximate the housing for collecting the exhaust gases expelled...