US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for electrolyte quality inspection and monitoring" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,848, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for electrolyte quality inspection and monitoring" was invented by Chuanlong Wang (Troy, Mich.) and Xiaosong Huang (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring the quality of electrolyte for a battery cell includes a reservoir configured to receive electrolyte, a capacitive sensor disposed in the reservoir, and a control module in communication with the capacitive sensor. The capacitive sensor is configured to sense a capacitance of the electrolyte when received in the reservoir. The control module is con...