ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,789, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cooling control apparatus for electric vehicle" was invented by Masakazu Taira (Tokyo) and Tomoya Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a cooler. The cooler is configured to cool a battery that is configured to supply electric power to a traveling motor of the electric vehicle. The processor is configured to limit an operation of the cooler when: an outside air temperature outside the electric vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; an...