ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,030, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).
"Vehicles, methods, and computer-readable media for mitigating parking area damage during thermal event of battery" was invented by Dexter C. Lowe (Macomb, Mich.), Mirna Neves (Windsor, Canada), Esteban Camacho (Belleville, Mich.), Ryan P. Hickey (Austin, Texas) 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 automating thermal event mitigation for fully or partially enclosed vehicles, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A met...