US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 14 for "Thermal management system for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle having such a thermal management system" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,788, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Thermal management system for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle having such a thermal management system" was invented by Stefan Hofmanninger (Weibern, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a motor vehicle includes a drive motor, a first connection having a first valve device, a radiator, a second connection having a second valve device, a motor circuit pump, a chiller, and a traction battery. The second valve device is switchable in such a way that, in addition to a first radiator bypass, a second radiator bypass can also ...