ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,103, issued on June 30, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).
"Thermal management device for the batteries of an electric or hybrid vehicle" was invented by Mohamed Yahia (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France), Bertrand Nicolas (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France) and Stefan Karl (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management device for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle is disclosed. The thermal management device includes a reversible circulation circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant fluid. The reversible circulation circuit includes a main loop, a first bypass br...