ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,408, issued on May 20, was assigned to Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, Wis.).
"Battery cooling plate" was invented by Victor Aiello (Kenosha, Wis.), Kyle Shisler (Muskego, Wis.) and Frances Kis (Yorkville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cooling plate includes at least one planar heat transfer surface that is bounded by four edges. A coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port are both arranged along a first one of the edges, and a coolant flow path extends through the battery cooling plate adjacent to the at least one planar heat transfer surface between the coolant inlet port and the coolant outlet port. The coolan...