US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 3 for "Early detection of cell vent rupture with battery cell identification" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,158, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Early detection of cell vent rupture with battery cell identification" was invented by Michelle H. Wiebenga (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Rashmi Prasad (Troy, Mich.), Vamakshi Yadav (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Lei Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting bulging or rupturing of a vent cap includes a battery cell including a rigid enclosure, first and second terminals, and a vent cap. A first sensor is arranged adjacent to the vent cap and configured to sense a parameter affe...