ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,266, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Battery cell group temperature measurement system" was invented by Roger M. Brisbane (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.), Paul R. Campbell (Rochester, Mich.) and Seth P. Mansfield (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell temperature measurement system for a battery module is described. The system may include a cell monitoring unit (CMU) configured to generate temperature measurements for a plurality of battery cells included as part of the battery module according to contactless, optical, or line-of-sight measurements made with one or more sensors associate...