ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,795, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Marelli Corp. (Saitama, Japan).

"Temperature control system" was invented by Tomohiro Maruyama (Saitama, Japan), Tooru Kawamata (Saitama, Japan) and Kouji Hirono (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature control system for a vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle circuit and a cooling water circuit. The refrigeration cycle circuit includes a compressor, a radiator, and a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat between refrigerant and cooling water. The cooling water circuit includes a first cooling water circuit including the first heat exchanger, a storage battery heat exch...