ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,416, issued on May 26, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Battery temperature adjustment system" was invented by Toru Ogaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery temperature adjustment system includes: a battery configured to store electric power from an external power source, and supply electric power to a motor as a drive source of a vehicle; a cooling device to which the electric power from the external power source and the electric power from the battery are selectively supplied and configured to cool the battery; and a control device configured to control the cooling device to lower a temperature of the batt...