ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,192, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Thermal blocking sheet" was invented by Ignatius de Wilde (Kortgene, Netherlands) and Kevin Wegmann (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a thermal blocking sheet (2) for a battery, and a method of manufacturing a thermal blocking sheet for a battery. The thermal blocking sheet includes a frame (3) comprising one or more frame elements configured to resist compression of the sheet, and thermal insulation (4) located within the frame. The method includes forming a frame comprising one or more frame elements ...