ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,701, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Systems and methods for measuring real time battery dilation" was invented by Michael P. Balogh (Novi, Mich.), William Osad (Macomb, Mich.), Andrew J. Galant (Shelby Township, Mich.), Niccolo Jimenez (Troy, Mich.) and Alexander Millerman (Bloomfield Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring battery dilation. The system includes a battery cell, a magnet, and a magnetic force sensor. One of the magnet and the magnetic force sensor moves in response to expansion of the battery cell during dilation of the battery cell. The ...