US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on June 9 for "Battery gas treatment" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,760, issued on June 9, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Battery gas treatment" was invented by Qian Zhou (Northville, Mich.), Gang Guo (Saline, Mich.), Mark Nelson Main (Livonia, Mich.), Kent Snyder (Dearborn, Mich.), Chelsey Ann Rock (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Giovanni Cavataio (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-ion battery assembly includes a lithium-ion battery pack that produces exhaust gases under stress conditions. Characteristically, the exhaust gases includes carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and hydrocarbons. A catalyst system is in fluid communication with the exhaust gases. Advant...