ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,674, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Thermal management system for a rechargeable battery pack assembly" was invented by Andrew P. Oury (Troy, Mich.), Roger M. Brisbane (Honeoye, N.Y.), Goro Tamai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Mohammed Bahauddin (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Galen E. Ressler (White Lake, Mich.), Calvin Goodman (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Giles D. Bryer (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a rechargeable battery pack assembly includes a conduit having an upstream end and a downstream end, the downstream end operatively connectable...