ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,865, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Maserati S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Multi-mode thermal control system for a vehicle" was invented by Attilio Crivellari (Volvera, Italy), Andrea Flamini (Modena, Italy), Antonio Iannace (Modena, Italy), Giorgio Pusceddu (Monte San Pietro, Italy), Gianluca Silvestrini (Modena, Italy) and Luigi Smeraglia (Zola Predosa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal control system for a vehicle has a battery thermal control loop having a refrigerant-fluid heat exchanger, a powertrain thermal control loop, a refrigerant loop having a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a first valve coupling the ...