ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,095, issued on June 30, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Vehicle thermal management systems" was invented by Nicholas Mancini (San Jose, Calif.), Joseph Stratford Maxwell Mardall (San Francisco), Jan Kopitz (Fremont, Calif.), Curt Raymond O'Donnell (Erie, Pa.), Daniel F. Hanks (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Huize Li (Stanford, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle thermal management system includes a vehicle heat pump system, a battery system coolant loop, a drive train coolant loop, and control electronics. The vehicle heat pump system includes a compressor, a cabin condenser, a cabin evaporator, a cabin blower, and a...