ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,949, issued on June 23, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"System and method of pre-loading a two-phase cooling system for electric vehicles" was invented by Alexander J George (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) and Michael Wiland (Washington Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for an electric vehicle includes a cooling system loop including a refrigerant, a compressor, and a condenser. The cooling system loop is configured to receive the refrigerant after the refrigerant exits the condenser. The cooling system loop comprises a separator configured to receive liquid refrigerant, and a component located...