ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,171, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Battery cooling device" was invented by Masataka Satoh (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cooling device is mounted on a vehicle and includes a thermosiphon type battery cooling circuit, a temperature control device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit executes, after a circulation stop condition is satisfied, vapor phase temperature rise control for controlling the temperature control device and raising a temperature of a vapor phase side in the battery cooling circuit such that a liquid surface level of a...