US Patent Issued to Relyion Energy on May 12 for "Thermal runaway prevention" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,012, issued on May 12, was assigned to Relyion Energy Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Thermal runaway prevention" was invented by Surinder Singh (Fremont, Calif.) and Ratnesh K. Sharma (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery assembly can include a pair of batteries. The battery pair may be electrically coupled by a bimetallic strip. When the temperature of the battery assembly exceeds a threshold temperature, the bimetallic strip deforms so that the coupling between the first and second batteries breaks. In other cases, the battery pair may be coupled by a spring-loaded connector. A sacrificial block configured to melt if t...