ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,220, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Endera Corp. (Casper, Wyo.).

"Thermal management unit for an electric vehicle" was invented by Thomas Kosbau (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Alfredo Gonzalez (Corona, Calif.), Enrique Garcia (San Gabriel, Calif.), Shashvat Mehta (San Gabriel, Calif.), John Joseph Walsh (Casper, Wyo.) and Kuldip Bawankule (Dighori Mothi Maharshantra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention are directed to a thermal management unit implemented within an electric vehicle including a plurality of battery packs. The thermal management unit features a first manifold operating as a coolant convergence devi...