US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, POLYMATERIALS APP on Nov. 11 for "Smart thermal management system to prevent thermal runaway in rechargeable batteries" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,896, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Fla.) and POLYMATERIALS APP LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Smart thermal management system to prevent thermal runaway in rechargeable batteries" was invented by Arash Takshi (Tampa, Fla.) and Manoj Kumar Ram (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system comprises: a circuit path electrically coupling a battery and a load; a backup storage device; a first switch connecting the battery and the backup storage device; a second switch connecting the backup storage device and the load; a sensor for measuring a temperature of the battery; and a contro...