ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,100, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"High-voltage auxiliary system and electronic control device" was invented by Koji Sakai (Kariya-city, Japan) and Toshitada Sanzen (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-voltage auxiliary system for a vehicle includes a high-voltage battery, a temperature raising device, a high-voltage auxiliary machine, and an electronic control device. The temperature raising device is connected to the high-voltage battery via an electric circuit and raises the temperature of the high-voltage battery by utilizing fluctuations in voltage and current. The hig...