US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on May 20 for "Thermal system for a motor vehicle with electric drive capability, motor vehicle, and method for operating the thermal system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,282, issued on May 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Thermal system for a motor vehicle with electric drive capability, motor vehicle, and method for operating the thermal system" was invented by Robert Herbolzheimer (Groebenzell, Germany), Oliver Horn (Munich), Markus Moser (Oberschleissheim, Germany), Patrick Oswald (Munich) and Ulrich Wirth (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal system for a motor vehicle has a coolant-conducting HVS circuit connected to a traction battery, a heating circuit controlling the temperature of a passenger compartment thermally coupled to the HVS circuit, a cooling cir...