US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Jan. 27 for "Battery fire control" (Washington, Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,539, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Battery fire control" was invented by Jose Seah Delapaz (Mill Creek, Wash.), Richard Donald Hage (Duvall, Wash.), Sarah Hisham Eldin (Los Angeles), Nathan Andrew Ellis (Snohomish, Wash.), Paul Andrew Churnock (O'fallon, Ill.) and Sean Patrick Abbott (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The description relates to battery safety and more specifically to containing battery fires. One example can include displacement sub-systems configured to physically separate an affected battery pack from other battery packs. Another example can include a ...