ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,629, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Applied Thermoelectric Solutions LLC (Novi, Mich.).
"Electrically insulative and thermally conductive parallel battery cooling and temperature control system" was invented by Alfred J. Piggott (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery is provided having heat transfer bars that directly transfer heat between the interior layers of a battery cell and the case that encloses the battery cell. The battery does not transfer significant heat from its interior layers to the posts of the battery that reside outside of the battery case. A temperature-controlled power system also is provided tha...