ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,485, issued on July 8, was assigned to Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing LP (Waller, Texas).

"Systems and methods for heat pump systems" was invented by Michael F. Taras (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (heat pump HVAC) system is operable to use a refrigerant to heat or cool an indoor space with a refrigerant circuit performing a reversible vapor compression cycle between an outdoor heat exchanger and an indoor heat exchanger. The heat pump HVAC system includes an ejector in fluid communication with the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit includes a f...