ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,638, issued on May 5, was assigned to Neutron Holdings Inc. (San Francisco).

"Safety mechanisms for a rechargeable battery" was invented by Mason Holden (San Francisco), Nicholas Foley (San Francisco), Andrew Titus (San Francisco) and Ashley Cooper (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This generally relates to one or more safety mechanisms of a rechargeable battery for light electric vehicles. The rechargeable battery may include a housing containing a battery management system and at least one battery cell, and a communication system communicatively coupled to the battery management system, where the communication system wire...