ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,356, issued on April 14, was assigned to H.K.O. ISOLIER- UND TEXTILTECHNIK GMBH (Oberhausen, Germany).
"Multi-layer protection element for a battery" was invented by Ulrich Stude (Rodeberg-Struth, Germany) and Carsten Stockmann (Oberhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer protection element for thermal insulation of a battery, a battery with such a protection element and the use of the protection element to filter gases escaping in case of fire and to prevent the escape of flames and/or sparks are proposed. The highly gas-permeable protection element comprises a carrier layer of a fabric and a compressible fibre...