ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,203, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Battery cell with check valve to vent gases from a pouch enclosure" was invented by Meng Jiang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Erik Brandon Golm (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Meinan He (Birmingham, Mich.), Louis G. Hector Jr. (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Feng Feng (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pouch battery cell includes a pouch enclosure and a battery cell arranged in the pouch enclosure. A first terminal is connected to the battery cell through the pouch enclosure. A second terminal is connected to the battery cell through the pouch enclosu...