US Patent Issued to VLTRU SYSTEMS on March 3 for "Battery module having multiple fire safety features, and applications thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,614, issued on March 3, was assigned to VLTRU SYSTEMS LLC (Vestal, N.Y.).

"Battery module having multiple fire safety features, and applications thereof" was invented by Virgil L. Beaston (Vestal, N.Y.), Michael W. Allen (Phelps, N.Y.), David Middleton (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Howard Scott Ryan (Skaneateles, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes a swelling/pressure sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery rack/battery system containing the battery mod...