ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,280, issued on May 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Heat pump for a vehicle" was invented by Rachael Shey (Ferndale, Mich.), Jeffrey Paul Brown (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Loren John Lohmeyer (Monroe, Mich.) and Manfred Koberstein (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes an accumulator having an inlet and an outlet, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, and a first coupling point. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet and an outlet. The low-pressure inlet is downstream of the outlet of the accumulator. The first heat ex...