ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,966, issued on June 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Battery pack having an integrated cooling system" was invented by Chengwu Duan (Shanghai), Jian Yao (Shanghai), Zhenwen Hu (Shanghai) and Yusheng Zou (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a first header including a first conduit, a second header including a second conduit, and an energy storage system including a plurality of energy storage cells arranged between the first header and the second header. A coolant plate is arranged between the first header and the second header and abuts the plurality of energy st...