ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,345, issued on July 15, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Two-phase cooling system for electric vehicles" was invented by Michael J Wiland (Washington Township, Mich.), Matthew T Bartlett (Northville, Mich.) and Daniel E Hornback (Davisburg, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for an electric vehicle that includes a cooling system loop including a refrigerant, a compressor, and a heat exchanger. The cooling system loop includes a plurality of sub-loops configured to receive the refrigerant after the refrigerant exits the heat exchanger, wherein the sub-loops include a component to be cooled by the r...