US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 16 for "Magnetic force dilatometer with temperature compensation" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,099, issued on June 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Magnetic force dilatometer with temperature compensation" was invented by Michael P. Balogh (Novi, Mich.), Andrew J. Galant (Shelby Township, Mich.), William Osad (Macomb, Mich.) and Ratandeep Singh Kukreja (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dilatometer for measuring battery dilation 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 and the other of the magnet and the magnetic force...