US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Nov. 18 for "Method and apparatus for heat transfer in a cylindrical battery cell" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,302, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method and apparatus for heat transfer in a cylindrical battery cell" was invented by Taylor R. Garrick (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Michael A. Lelli (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical battery cell includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of layers interleaved between and stacked in an electrode stack along a central stack axis with the first and second electrodes, a first current collector, and a second current collector. The second current collector includes an elon...