ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,564, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Electrified vehicle and method for controlling temperature of storage battery" was invented by Hirotaka Sasaki (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle according to the present disclosure is an electrified vehicle including a storage battery configured to be charged with an external power supply. The electrified vehicle includes: a temperature adjustment device configured to adjust a temperature of the storage battery; and a control device configured to control the temperature adjustment device. The control device is configured...