US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Oct. 7 for "Flame resistant materials for electric vehicle battery applications" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,224, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Flame resistant materials for electric vehicle battery applications" was invented by Claus H. G. Middendorf (Neuss, Germany), Christoph Kuesters (Korschenbroich, Germany), Kerstin C. Rosen (Cologne, Germany), Bernd Kuhneweg (Duesseldorf, Germany) and Walter R. Romanko (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire protection coating and a fire barrier coated article are provided that comprise an inorganic binder and at least one inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic binder is selected from potassium silicate, sodium silicate, or a combinati...