US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Sept. 1 for "Coolant manifold retention clip" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,854, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Coolant manifold retention clip" was invented by Cody Miller (Royal Oak, Mich.), Lawrence X. Lanier (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Timothy J. Reinhart (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retention clip is employed in a cooling subsystem of an electric energy generation and storage system having a battery cell. The cooling subsystem includes a coolant header extending proximate the battery cell and having an inlet fitting and an outlet fitting. The cooling subsystem also includes an inlet manifold configured to connect with the inlet...