ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,856, issued on April 29, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Device and method for heating a battery" was invented by Wei Chen (Ningde, China), Yuanmiao Zhao (Ningde, China), Xianxi Pan (Ningde, China), Xiaojian Huang (Ningde, China), Yu Yan (Ningde, China) and Zhimin Dan (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for heating a battery are provided. The device is provided on a first power-consuming device and includes: a first interface electrically coupled to a neutral point of a motor winding of the first power-consuming device; a second interface electrically coupled...