US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Nov. 18 for "Moisture releasing metal-hydroxide material for mitigation of thermal runaway in a battery module" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,293, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Moisture releasing metal-hydroxide material for mitigation of thermal runaway in a battery module" was invented by Seung-Woo Chu (Clawson, Mich.) and Scott W. Lananna (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes neighboring first and second battery cells and a heat sink in contact with and configured to absorb thermal energy from each of the battery cells. The module additionally includes a module enclosure surrounded by ambient environment, housing each of the first and second battery cells and the heat sink, and configured t...