ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,967, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Vehicle power electronics cooler with integrated heating element" was invented by Blake Roberts (Fremont, Calif.), Samaneh Sadri (Redwood City, Calif.), Jeremy Swiger (Mountain View, Calif.) and Bai Shao (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooler for power electronics comprises: a housing having a cooling surface configured for contacting the power electronics; an inlet and an outlet coupled to the housing; a manifold inside the housing providing a flow of coolant in the cooler, the manifold coupled to the inlet and the outlet; and a heating element ...