ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,869, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to South 8 Technologies Inc. (San Diego).
"Inject-vent port design for energy storage device" was invented by Denton Iverson (La Mesa, Calif.), Victoria Thai (San Diego), Nick Wayland (Encinitas, Calif.), Andrea Biondi (San Diego) and Cyrus Rustomji (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanisms and methods for pressurized fluid injection, evacuation, and venting from containment vessels, such as the housing for a battery or capacitor, using an elastomeric sealing vent mechanism are disclosed. The invention describes designs and methods in which a fluid injection port is plugged with an elas...