US Patent Issued to BP P.L.C. on June 9 for "Thermal management of battery systems" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,785, issued on June 9, was assigned to BP P.L.C. (London).

"Thermal management of battery systems" was invented by Richard Thomas Butcher (Reading, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system has a plurality of battery cells including a first battery cell. Each battery cell includes a casing enclosing an anode and a cathode. The battery system also includes a first fluid circulation system with a plurality of fluid conduits including a first fluid conduit that is adjacent to the first battery cell, where the first fluid circulation system is configured to circulate a first fluid through the battery system in a first ...