ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,864, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to POLYTROPIC (Vourles, France).
"System and method for thermoregulating a swimming pool" was invented by Jean-Christophe Fillot (St Genis Laval, France) and Fabrice Granier (Meyzieu, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a heat production unit for heating water of a pool, an electrical connection, a photovoltaic and/or wind-powered renewable electricity generator, the system configured to switch between a mains mode and a renewable mode, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. When the system is in renewable mode and the current temperature is less than a predetermined maxi...