ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,195, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BEAM GLOBAL (San Diego).
"Smart phase change composite for passive thermal management" was invented by Said Al-Hallaj (Chicago), Stoyan Stoyanov (Chicago), Hexu Wang (Chicago), Samuel T. Plunkett (Chicago), Scott Morehouse (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Panos Prezas (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management apparatus and method of use, such as in a battery pack or electronic device. A thermally responsive material is disposed between two surfaces, wherein the thermally responsive material changes upon heating, to increase a thermal conductance between the two surfaces. The therma...