ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,953, issued on Jan. 13.

"Phase change flame retardant fiber material and preparation method for thermal management of lithium-ion battery in enclosed space" was invented by Zhirong Wang (Nanjing, China), Yuxin Zhou (Nanjing, China), Junling Wang (Nanjing, China), Yuhui Xia (Nanjing, China), Haoze Yang (Nanjing, China), Wenxi Wang (Nanjing, China), Peng Dong (Nanjing, China) and Fan Yi (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a phase-change flame-retardant fiber material for thermal management of a lithium ion battery in a closed space and a preparation method. The phase-change flame-retardant fi...