ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,210, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Calibration system for magnetic force dilatometer" was invented by Nathan Thompson (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dilatometer configured to measure dilation of an electrode in a battery. The dilatometer including a controller configured to: receive calibration force readings from a magnetic force sensor, the calibration force readings including magnetic force strength between a magnet of the dilatometer and a magnetic spacer of the battery at different calibration distances resulting from movement of the magnet relative ...