ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,157, issued on Oct. 14, 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: "A thermal management system includes: an electrical storage device configured to exchange heat with a first flow path; a drive device configured to exchange heat with a second flow path; a radiator provided on a third flow path; a chiller device provided on a fourth flow path; and a switching device. In the thermal management system, during heating control for the electrical storage device, the switching device are controlled so that a connection flow pat...