ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,852, issued on April 22, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Energy storage system and cooling arrangement for a vehicle" was invented by Pranav Arya (Lindome, Sweden), Ubaldo Tiberi (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Ricard Blanc (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage tank defining a tank volume for heat transfer fluid and comprising a partition dividing the tank volume into a first volume and a second volume, wherein the partition is movable to/from any position between a minimum energy storage position corresponding to a minimum second volume, and a maximum energy storage position correspond...