US Patent Issued to WHS ENERGY SOLUTIONS on July 14 for "Heat generation for the purpose of warming up an EV battery in cold weather" (California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,218, issued on July 14, was assigned to WHS ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC (Argyle, Texas).

"Heat generation for the purpose of warming up an EV battery in cold weather" was invented by Stefan Grubic (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Ernesto Inoa (Villa Rica, Ga.) and Majd Abdelqader (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating point for a vehicle electric motor is selected to produce requested torque inefficiently, to generate additional heat to warm the battery. A torque command for operation of the vehicle at a desired speed and a heat power command for an amount of heat needed to warm a battery powering the vehicle electric mo...