ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,753, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Fire extinguishing system for battery of vehicle" was invented by Hyeon Gi Shin (Yongin-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire extinguishing system includes a gas discharger provided at a battery pack and configured to discharge gas in the battery pack, a gas channel configured so that the gas produced from the battery pack and discharged through the gas discharger flows through the gas channel when a fire occurs, an extinguishing agent tank in which an extinguishing agent is kept, a heat exchange channel...