US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 25 for "Battery-cooling apparatus, and method for detecting a thermal runaway of a battery cell via said battery-cooling apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,873, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Battery-cooling apparatus, and method for detecting a thermal runaway of a battery cell via said battery-cooling apparatus" was invented by Joseph Endres (Munich) and Sascha Zimmermann (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a temperature-control circuit for circulation of coolant for temperature control of battery cells, a coolant expansion tank which is incorporated into the temperature-control circuit, and an excess-pressure-detection device which is arranged at least partially in and/or on the coo...