US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 22 for "Vehicle having thermal barrier" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,550, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle having thermal barrier" was invented by Uday Mahakali (Novi, Mich.), Sreekanth Surapaneni (Oakland, Mich.) and Venkata Chagarlamudi (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle that includes a controller and a battery pack including a casing having a plurality of battery cells stored therein. The casing includes a plurality of vents for discharging battery exhaust gases. A sensor is in communication with an interior of the casing and the controller, and the sensor is configured to generate either a signal indicative of a temperatu...