{"id":251951,"date":"2024-05-31T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/gm-might-cool-ev-charge-ports-like-microchips\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:32:09","slug":"gm-might-cool-ev-charge-ports-like-microchips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/gm-might-cool-ev-charge-ports-like-microchips\/","title":{"rendered":"GM might cool EV charge ports like microchips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Faster DC charging has required a new generation of cable cooling, but General Motors is also looking at cooling of the charge port, a patent filing indicates.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) April 25, 2024, and originally filed by GM October 18, 2022, the patent application in question deals with cooling of EV charge ports with phase change material (PCM).<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">A PCM is one that absorbs and releases heat when it goes through a phase change\u2014hence the name. PCM cooling has been used in heat sinks in the computing world for years, and has becoming increasingly common in outdoor gear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\">\n<p>General Motors PCM charge port cooling patent image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In this charging application, PCM would be placed around the charge port and would shift from a solid to a liquid state as it absorbs heat caused by the flow of electricity through the port, thus providing a cooling&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143286_gm-might-cool-ev-charge-ports-like-microchips\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on www.greencarreports.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faster DC charging has required a new generation of cable cooling, but General Motors is also looking at cooling of the charge port, a patent filing indicates. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) April 25, 2024, and originally filed by GM October 18, 2022, the patent application in question deals with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":229101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GM might cool EV charge ports like microchips - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143286_gm-might-cool-ev-charge-ports-like-microchips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GM might cool EV charge ports like microchips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Faster DC charging has required a new generation of cable cooling, but General Motors is also looking at cooling of the charge port, a patent filing indicates. 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