ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,296, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method for controlling temperature of vehicle battery" was invented by Ki Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a temperature of a battery using a vehicle thermal management system including an HVAC subsystem including a refrigerant loop through which a refrigerant circulates, a battery cooling subsystem including a battery coolant loop through which a battery-side coolant circulates, and a battery chiller transferring heat between the refrigerant circulating in the ref...