US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 19 for "Battery assemblies, vehicles, and methods with gas manifold liners and battery tray seals for improved cell gas venting" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,617, issued on May 19, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Battery assemblies, vehicles, and methods with gas manifold liners and battery tray seals for improved cell gas venting" was invented by Ryan P. Hickey (Austin, Texas), Phillip D. Hamelin (Clarkston, Mich.) and Alexander M. Bilinski (Avoca, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are battery assemblies with gas manifold liners and support tray seals for optimized gas venting, methods for making/using such battery assemblies, and vehicles equipped with such battery assemblies. A battery assembly, such as a rechargeable high-voltage traction ba...