ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,295, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Heatable battery pack, heatable battery system, and vehicle" was invented by Xingxing Li (Ningde, China), Xiaoteng Huang (Ningde, China) and Zhiming Chen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a heatable battery pack, a heatable battery system and a vehicle having thereof. The heatable battery pack includes a battery, a first switch module, and a heater that are connected in series to form a heating loop. The first switch module turns on the heating loop after a drive signal is received. Compa...