ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,506, issued on July 8, was assigned to Intellihot Inc. (Galesburg, Ill.).

"Heating system" was invented by Sridhar Deivasigamani (Peoria, Ill.) and Sivaprasad Akasam (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating system including at least one thermal battery including a storage container for holding a fluid, an outlet fluid conductor through which the fluid exits the storage container, an inlet fluid conductor through which the fluid enters the storage container, a first valve interposed in the outlet fluid conductor; and a second valve interposed in the inlet fluid conductor, wherein each thermal battery is configured to be t...