ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,407, issued on July 15, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).
"Device for cooling and/or heating an electric vehicle battery" was invented by Nicolas Dufaure (Serquigny, France) and Wissam Rached (Colombes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use in a circuit for cooling and/or heating a motor vehicle battery, including: an outer casing of a composition including: from 20% to 65% by weight of reinforcing fibers, which do not have thermal conduction properties, the balance being a matrix including at least one polyamide and an inner casing positioned facing the battery and intended to be in contact with a coo...