US Patent Issued on Aug. 19 for "Device for breaking the electrical connection to a battery cell in the event of outgassing" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,873, issued on Aug. 19.

"Device for breaking the electrical connection to a battery cell in the event of outgassing" was invented by Ignaz Weglehner-Pilgerstorfer (Rainbach im Muhlkreis, Austria), Philipp Kreisel (Freistadt, Austria), Helmut Kastler (Freistadt, Austria), Lukas Haider (Langschlag, Austria), Manuel Riegler (Freistadt, Austria), Christian Leitner (Rainbach im Muhlkreis, Austria), Peter Dobusch (Grunbach, Austria) and Gerhard Waldschutz (Freistadt, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for breaking the electrical connection to a battery cell (1) in the event of outgassing has the cell pole (3) on the outgassing...