ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,280, issued on March 25, was assigned to IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A. (Echternach, Luxembourg).

"Thermal runaway detection of automotive traction batteries employing force-sensing resistor (FSR) pressure sensor" was invented by Philippe Boyer (Boust, France), Arthur Cretin (Luxembourg), Patrick Di Mario Cola (Serrouville, France), Thierry Goniva (Luxembourg), Martin Thinnes (Trierweiler, Germany) and Lukas Wurth (Arlon, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device for detecting a thermal runaway condition in a rechargeable automotive traction battery that includes a closed traction battery housing fo...