US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 14 for "Fire extinguishing system for a battery of a vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,644, issued on July 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fire extinguishing system for a battery of a vehicle" was invented by Hyeon Gi Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire extinguishing system for a battery of a vehicle includes: a gas discharge part installed in a battery pack to discharge a gas inside the battery pack; a gas passage part through which a gas flow, the gas generated inside the battery pack when a fire occurs and discharged through the gas discharge part; a controller, which outputs a control signal for fire extinguishment wh...