ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,208, issued on July 21, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Thermal management device" was invented by Balaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath (Mysore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management device and method implemented by the same that includes plural blades configured to be disposed between a brake disc and a wheel hub, the blades circumferentially spaced apart from each other around the wheel hub, the blades one or more of positioned or shaped to increase an airflow from outside of the brake disc and the vehicle wheel to locations between the brake disc and the vehicle wheel relative to the...