ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,281, issued on June 10.
"Heat transfer liquid circuit" was invented by Jugurtha Benouali (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France), Thierry Raux (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France) and Philippe Zevaco (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat-transfer liquid circuit for an electric vehicle propelled, at least in part, by an electric motor, the circuit including a first leg, and the first leg includes, at least, a pump, a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat energy between the heat-transfer liquid and a refrigerant fluid, an electric-heating device, and a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat energ...