ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,611, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Bypass for heat pump systems" was invented by Sanjog Dilip Gawade (Irvine, Calif.), Ming Ma (Tustin, Calif.) and Sushant More (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a heat pump system having a selectable bypass flow path that allows a refrigerant to bypass an accumulator of the heat pump system. The bypass flow path may be used, for example, to reduce a pressure drop in a refrigerant, and may provide a cooling boost for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, particularly in high ambient temperature and/or sol...