ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,001, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Use of heating elements as a diagnostic and optimal setting tool for multiple output dynamically adjustable capacity system" was invented by Dave Gerard Rich (Sterling Heights, Mich.), James Morrison (Sebringville, Canada), Robert A. De Stefano (Macomb Township, Mich.) and Michael L. Mullin (Howell, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Multiple Output Dynamically Adjustable Capacity (MODACS) and a method of operation of the MODACS. The MODACS includes a cell, a load in thermal communication with the cell, and a processor. A voltage is applied to...