ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,140, issued on June 30, was assigned to POLARIUM ENERGY SOLUTIONS AB (Stockholm).

"Battery device with protection against fire propagation" was invented by Johan Kullberg (Stockholm) and Kenneth Lindgren (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery device (3) is provided. The battery device comprises a casing having a plurality of sides (10a-10f) including a bottom side, a top side opposite to said bottom side, two lateral sides, a front side, and a rear side opposite to said front side, wherein the plurality of sides are assembled to form a sealed container, and a battery cell pack (20) located within the sealed container. Th...