US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche on July 1 for "Fire protection device for an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle, and fire sensor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,103, issued on July 1, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Fire protection device for an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle, and fire sensor" was invented by Mathias Zilly (Pfinztal, Germany) and Thomas Fritz (Lochgau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire protection device (1) is provided for an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle for detecting a fire caused by a battery device (2) of the vehicle. The fire protection device (1) includes a fire sensor (4) that is connected operatively to a monitoring system (3). The fire sensor (4) has a monitoring current ...