US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on Sept. 29 for "Discharge device for battery cooling air" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,810, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Discharge device for battery cooling air" was invented by Hiroshi Nagasue (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Ochiai (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yo Kan (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge device includes an exhaust duct extending in a lateral direction of a vehicle from a battery mounted under the vehicle to a trim space. The exhaust duct is provided with a partition extending in a direction of the exhaust to form a front flow path and a rear flow path. The rear flow path has a cross-sectional area that is smaller than the cross-sectional area...