ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,296, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Thermal management system" was invented by Tomoaki Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system includes: an electrical storage device located in a first flow path; a drive device located in a second flow path; a radiator located in a third flow path, a chiller device located in a fourth flow path, and a switching device. In the thermal management system, when heating the electrical storage device, the switching device is controlled so as to cause a heating circuit having one heat medium path in which a heat medium circul...