ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,598, issued on June 3, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Heat conduction device for an electric energy storage of a motor vehicle" was invented by Andreas Schurz (Aichelberg, Germany) and Domenico Romano (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat conduction device for an electrical energy storage of an at least partially electric motor vehicle includes a heat conduction element that is configured to be in contact with a battery cell of the electrical energy storage and to dissipate heat from the battery cell. A spring element is configured to exert a defined spring force between the battery c...