ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,354, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Heat transfer medium and thermal management system" was invented by Takuya Fuse (Kariya, Japan), Shinya Kasamatsu (Kariya, Japan), Kouji Inagaki (Kariya, Japan), Ryuta Kobayakawa (Kariya, Japan) and Saori Nakajima (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat transfer medium for transferring heat from a vehicle driving battery that generates heat during charging and discharging includes a liquid base material, an orthosilicic acid ester compatible with the base material, and an ion adsorbent dispersed in the base material. The ion adsorbent is formed of a p...