ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,722, issued on July 28, was assigned to HONDA MOTOR Co. LTD (Tokyo).

"Battery temperature regulation device" was invented by Anxin Zheng (Tokyo), Takeshi Ueda (Tokyo), Daijiro Yoshinari (Tokyo) and Kota Sakuma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery temperature regulation device includes: fill port provided in a circuit in which coolant circulates; a pump; a plurality of heat exchangers; a solenoid valve arranged in a branching path of the circuit and switching the flow path; a controller controlling switching of the flow path; a heat exchange circuit performing heat exchange with the battery; a first circuit; and a second ci...