ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,655, issued on April 7, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).

"Device for cooling and/or heating a battery of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle" was invented by Wissam Rached (Chaponost, France) and Nicolas Dufaure (Bernay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cooling and/or heating a battery of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, including a battery box provided with: at least one envelope of a composition including between 0 and 80 wt. %, in relation to the total weight of the composition, of reinforcing fibres, between 0 and 20 wt. %, in relation to the total weight, of at least one thermoconductive com...