ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,697, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Battery temperature adjustment system" was invented by Toru Ogaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery temperature adjustment system includes: a battery; a cooling device to which electric power from an external power source and electric power from the battery are selectively supplied and configured to cool the battery; and a control device configured to control the cooling device to adjust a state of charge of the battery and a battery temperature. The control device stores a deterioration sensitivity map in which a deterioration sensitivity is preset ac...