ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,787, issued on June 9, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Coolant containment system for a battery pack" was invented by William Yu Chen (Troy, Mich.), Xianfeng Yan (Clawson, Mich.) and Qaiser Khan (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coolant containment system for a battery pack includes a coolant retention container defining a containment space, an inlet connected to the coolant retention container, the inlet connected to an inlet line configured to receive a coolant, an outlet connected to the coolant retention container, the outlet connected to an outlet line, the outlet line configured return...