ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,008, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SPH Sustainable Process Heat GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
"Temperature management system" was invented by Tim Hamacher (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany) and Andreas Muck (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature management system, such as for a lubricant (3) contained in a lubricant reservoir (1) of a compressor system (2) for a heat pump that pumps a working medium, method for controlling a lubricant temperature, and heat pumps having a temperature management system, where the temperature of the lubricant (3) can be set flexibly, dynamically and in line wit...