US Patent Issued to VLTRU SYSTEMS on Nov. 18 for "Battery module and battery rack with enhanced fire safety features, and applications thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,294, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VLTRU SYSTEMS LLC (Vestal, N.Y.).

"Battery module and battery rack with enhanced fire safety features, and applications thereof" was invented by Virgil L Beaston (Vestal, N.Y.), Michael Allen (Phelps, N.Y.), David Middleton (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Howard Scott Ryan (Skaneateles, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery module and battery rack having enhanced fire safety features. The battery module includes an applied pressure assembly with integrated sensor that detects swelling of a battery cell. An output signal of the sensor is used to halt operation of a battery system con...