US Patent Issued to SK On on March 31 for "Battery fire detection device and energy storage system determining a risk of fire or a fire" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,422, issued on March 31, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery fire detection device and energy storage system determining a risk of fire or a fire" was invented by Suk Chul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae Won Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Uk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Ho Seok (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery fire detection device according to an embodiment includes: a first sensor configured to detect whether a gas vent of a battery cell is opened; a second sensor configured to detect a temperature of the battery cell; and a controller configured to determine whethe...