ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,215, issued on July 22, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Electric vehicle heat pump using enhanced valve unit" was invented by Prem Pinto (San Jose, Calif.) and Daniel F. Hanks (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for an enhanced heat pump are provided. An example embodiment includes a housing, the housing having a particular number of connection ports, each connection port being connected to a component of the electric vehicle, and the connection ports being configured to pass fluid; and a stemshell positioned within the housing, the stemshell comprising a plurality of chann...