ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,387, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Control of battery system temperature for high performance" was invented by Omar Ashraf (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for thermal control of a battery system of a vehicle includes a heating control module configured to control a temperature of the battery system. The heating control module is configured to receive a request to put the vehicle into a high performance mode, and based on the request, determine the temperature of the battery system and put the vehicle into the high performance mode. The heating control m...