ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,245, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Cold plate" was invented by Lorenzo Marvin Crosatti (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Diana Eaton (Newport Beach, Calif.), Najmeh Rahimi (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Andrew Richard Campbell (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure relate to various features of a cold plate for a battery module. The battery module may be implemented in an electric vehicle or in a building. The cold plate may include a middle plate that includes one or more openings at or near an fluid inlet, the openings configured to allow a cooling...