ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,244, issued on June 23, was assigned to Fike Corp. (Blue Springs, Mo.).
"Fire suppression system for lithium-ion battery containers" was invented by Derek Michael Wickersham (Altamonte Springs, Fla.), Bradford T. Stilwell (Blue Springs, Mo.) and Kevin Montgomery (Lee's Summit, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire suppression system for use with lithium-ion battery storage containers is provided. The system utilizes water as a fire suppressant, which is stored in a tank and delivered to a battery module within the container that is experiencing a thermal event. After a predetermined time from the beginning of water flow, a contro...