MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411071331 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2024, for 'system and method for thermal management of an external component of a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Sreeraj Ramachandran; Shreyas Sujeendra Kashyap; and Ramachandra Khandige.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Described herein is a system (100) for thermal management of an external component (210) of a vehicle. The system (100) comprises ducts (110) positioned along peripheral sides of the external component (210), a phase change material...