ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,235, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Mobile object and battery unit" was invented by Ryuichi Ohsono (Tokyo), Ritsuya Tachikawa (Tokyo) and Seiji Tanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile object includes a battery, a coolant, and a discharger. The coolant in a solid state is disposed around the battery and is liquefied by heat transferred from the battery. The discharger discharges the coolant liquefied out of the mobile object."

The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/538,217.

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