ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,740, issued on June 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery fire prevention apparatus for 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 battery fire prevention apparatus for a vehicle is able to effectively prevent a fire in a battery due to a collision with an obstacle. When an obstacle collision on a vehicle side is predicted, the battery is effectively protected from an impact caused by the obstacle and a battery fire is prevented by controlling the operations of battery fixing devices, airbag devices, and height...