ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,361, issued on July 7, was assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicle, heat exchanger plate and battery pack" was invented by Katsuji Taniguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshitoshi Noda (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuki Makita (Kanagawa, Japan) and Atsushi Sueyoshi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a first heat exchanger plate and a second heat exchanger plate. The first heat exchanger plate includes a first coolant layer in which a coolant flows and a refrigerant layer in which a refrigerant flows, and the second heat exchanger plate includes a second coolant layer in which the coolant flows. ...