ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,701, issued on March 11, was assigned to The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).
"Thermal storage device for batteries" was invented by Brian Algot Hanson (Otsego, Minn.), Paul Frederick Koltz (Chanhassen, Minn.), Robert Luke Anderson (Bloomington, Minn.) and Adam Burghardt Stroud (St. Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal storage device for batteries is provided. In some examples, the thermal storage device is provided for a battery pack that includes one or more rechargeable battery cells. In some examples, the lithium ion battery cells are used. The thermal storage device is in thermal contact with the battery cell. The...