ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,273, issued on March 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Method for generating smoke in cell pack" was invented by Takayuki Hojo (Nagoya, Japan) and Akira Kiyama (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating smoke in a cell pack by which a very small amount of smoke can be generated from a specific single unit cell among unit cells constituting the cell pack. The method causes smoke generation in a cell pack in which unit cells are connected and which includes a positive electrode output terminal for electrically connecting the positive electrode terminal of the unit cell and an external...