ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,657, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System for detecting electrolyte leaks during battery manufacturing" was invented by Ryan Curtis Sekol (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.), James R. Salvador (East Lansing, Mich.), Michelle H. Wiebenga (Farmington Hills, Mich.), William Reginald Collin (Dearborn, Mich.), Christopher Brady (Madison Heights, Mich.), Robert H. Dietze Jr. (Brighton, Mich.), Jennifer Therese Bracey (Holly, Mich.) and Houssen Yang (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for testing a battery component for leakage includes generating a sample from a battery compo...