US Patent Issued to JOHNSON CONTROLS LIGHT COMMERCIAL IP on Aug. 12 for "Heat pump systems and methods with frost mitigation" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,665, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS LIGHT COMMERCIAL IP GMBH (Neuhausen Am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Heat pump systems and methods with frost mitigation" was invented by Jeremy Ryan Smith (Park City, Kan.) and Thomas John Martin (Goddard, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump includes a working fluid circuit configured to circulate a working fluid therethrough. The working fluid circuit includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a compressor, and an expansion valve. The first heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the working fluid and a supply air flow, and the second heat...