ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,430, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Coolant with low electrical conductivity" was invented by Masayuki Hirosue (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Itamar Michael Malkowsky (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Uwe Nitzschke (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Nina Schindler (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Harald Dietl (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coolants with low electrical conductivity and corresponding coolant concentrates are useful for cooling systems of vehicles with electric engines, fuel cells, or hybrid engines with a combination of combustion engines with electric engines or a combination of c...