ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,413, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Waste heat recovery power electronics cooling" was invented by Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Ind.), Jonathan A. Dickson (Columbus, Ind.) and Manik Narula (Columbus, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for an electrified vehicle includes a first cooling loop for circulating coolant for cooling at least one of power electronics and a motor/generator of the vehicle. The first coolant loop includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the coolant in the first cooling loop. A second cooling loop is provided for circulating coolant for cooling a batt...