ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,165, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SANDEN Corp. (Isesaki, Japan).
"Vehicle air conditioning apparatus" was invented by Nobutaka Shimizu (Isesaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit including: a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger; a heat releasing device; a first electronic expansion valve; a refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger; and a second electronic expansion valve; a heat medium circuit; and a controller. The controller has heating modes including: an outdoor air heat absorption heating mode to absorb heat from the outdoor heat exchanger; and a waste...