ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,316, issued on April 8, was assigned to DENSO THERMAL SYSTEMS S.P.A. (Poirino, Italy).

"System for controlling the temperature of a battery in a vehicle" was invented by Stefano Cagliero (Poirino, Italy) and Pasquale Napoli (Poirino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an electric battery. A thermal regulation circuit has liquid pass through the circuit and includes an operative tract in thermal exchange relation with the battery to control battery temperature. A refrigeration circuit has fluid pass through that is subjected to a non-reversible refrigeration cycle. The refrigeration circuit includes a condenser in ...