ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,307, issued on July 29, was assigned to RIMACOMP-GmbH (Vienna).

"Device for transferring heat from a gaseous working medium" was invented by Martin Mayrl (Vienna) and Peter Mayrl (Bockfliess, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (1) for transferring heat from a gaseous working medium (M2) to a heat-exchanger medium (M3) by compressing the gaseous working medium (M2), wherein the device (1) comprises: an operating line (AL), wherein the volume (V) enclosed by the operating line (AL) is divided into at least two sections, namely a first (AL-V1) and a second section (AL-V2), wherein the first section ...