ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,063, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Fire & Risk Alliance LLC (Derwood, Md.).

"Fire mitigation system for energy storage systems" was invented by Noah Lael Ryder (Rockville, Md.), Brent Allen Turner III (Rockville, Md.), Ryan Alexander Hutchens (Rockville, Md.) and Anthony James Natale (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for mitigating fire within a battery storage container enclosing an energy storage system includes a sensor configured to detect a precursor condition indicative of a potential fire or explosion, a controller, and a set of extendable battery trays, each including a tray ejector and containing a...