US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 9 for "Nano thermal diode based on polarization control of nanoparticles on graphene nanograting" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,950, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Nano thermal diode based on polarization control of nanoparticles on graphene nanograting" was invented by Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal diode includes: a dielectric enclosure having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, and a second side; a first Weyl semimetal nanoparticle disposed on the first side; a second Weyl semimetal nanoparticle disposed on the second side; a...