US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Jan. 28 for "Thermal device for heating and cooling battery modules" (Chinese, Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,984, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Thermal device for heating and cooling battery modules" was invented by Dewen Kong (Shanghai), Dave G. Rich (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Lyall K. Winger (Waterloo, Canada), Meiyuan Wu (Shanghai), Jingyuan Liu (Shanghai) and Haijing Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal device comprises a first layer of a non-metallic material that is a good conductor of heat and electricity, that includes a first terminal and a second terminal, and that has a first surface and a second surface; a metallic material disposed on the first surface of th...