ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,753, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Thermal management system" was invented by Tomoaki Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The thermal management system includes a power storage device in a first flow path, a drive device in a second flow path, a radiator in a third flow path, a chiller device in a fourth flow path, a switching device, and a control device. In the thermal management system, the switching device is controlled so that the first connecting flow path to which the first flow path and the fourth flow path are connected, the drive device, and the radiator are separate...