ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,538, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Closed loop thermal control and estimation of a parameter of a battery assembly" was invented by Chandra S. Namuduri (Troy, Mich.) and Neeraj S. Shidore (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for parameter estimation and thermal control of a battery assembly includes a thermal management module electrically connected to the battery assembly, the thermal management module including a circuit configured to generate an alternating current (AC) signal through the battery assembly. The device also includes a controller configured to estim...