ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,875, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Thermal management system and control method of thermal management system" was invented by Takashi Matsutani (Toyota, Japan) and Hideto Minekawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system includes a thermal management circuit that includes a first refrigerant circuit through which a first refrigerant flows and that includes a battery and a first radiator, and a second refrigerant circuit through which a second refrigerant different from the first refrigerant flows and that includes a heater, a first switching valve configured ...