ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,097, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BACKER HEATING TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Heating pump cover and heating pump" was invented by Kefeng Zhao (Shenzhen, China), Taiping Zhou (Shenzhen, China) and Zaixing Zhou (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a heating pump cover and a heating pump. The heating pump cover comprises a cover body, a temperature control device, a raised part, and a heating body. The cover body has a first surface configured to be in contact with liquid on which the heating body is arranged and a second surface opposite to the first surface on which the temperatu...