US Patent Issued on Nov. 3 for "Temperature control for electric vehicle components while parked" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,043, issued on Nov. 3.

"Temperature control for electric vehicle components while parked" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.) and Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle includes an electric power supply such as a battery or a DC power converter which may need to be cooled during a time when the vehicle is parked. A thermal transfer unit is coupled to the electric power supply. A cover sensor is configured to detect a cover disposed on the electric vehicle while being parked which impedes the thermal transfer unit, and a controller. W...