US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 9 for "Thermal management system, vehicle including the same, and control method for thermal management circuit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,705, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Thermal management system, vehicle including the same, and control method for thermal management circuit" was invented by Ryo Michikawauchi (Numazu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system includes a five-way valve configured to switch a first circuit mode in which a chiller and a battery are thermally connected and a second circuit mode in which the chiller and an LT radiator are thermally connected, and an ECU configured to control a compressor based on a chiller temperature and a radiator temperature. The ECU is configured to, i...