ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,532, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Battery pack having an integrated cooling system" was invented by Zhenwen Hu (Shanghai), Xiaoling Chen (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Derek F. Lahr (Howell, Mich.), Hui-Ping Wang (Troy, Mich.), Chengwu Duan (Shanghai), Jian Yao (Shanghai) and Lu Huang (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a first header having a first conduit and a second header having a second conduit. The battery pack also includes an energy storage system having energy storage cells arranged between the first header and the second header. A coolant pla...