ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,019, issued on June 23, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vehicle battery thermal management system, vehicle thermal management system, and electric vehicle" was invented by Yubo Lian (Shenzhen, China), Heping Ling (Shenzhen, China), Yong Xiong (Shenzhen, China), Gan Song (Shenzhen, China) and Yili Luo (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle battery thermal management system includes a heat conducting element connected to a vehicle air conditioning system and a self-heating circuit connected to a vehicle power battery. The heat conducting element, a compressor of the vehicle air conditioning system, a...