ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,856, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Thermal management system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Christian Allgaeuer (Munich), Felix Artmeier (Munich), Simon Eglseer (St. Pantaleon-Erla, Austria), Stefan Hofmanninger (Weibern, Austria), Oliver Horn (Munich), Alexander Lichtenberger (St. Peter in der Au, Austria), Patrick Marinell (Munich), Rene Pichlbauer (Sankt Marien, Austria) and Andreas Siuka (Kematen an der Krems, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a motor vehicle, includes a cooling circuit in which a cooler, a cooling circuit pump, and a first heat ...