ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,372, issued on July 15, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Intelligent vehicle systems and control logic for automated thermal event mitigation in enclosed areas" was invented by Matthew Neely (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Eric T. Hosey (Royal Oak, Mich.), Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are intelligent vehicle systems for thermal event mitigation for enclosed vehicles, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such intelligent control systems. A method of operating a host vehicl...