ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,289, issued on April 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle air conditioner" was invented by Yu Hoshino (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The engine, the heater, and the heater core are connected by pipes. When the traveling mode is HEV traveling mode or the engine single traveling mode, a flow path formed of pipes is formed, and the coolant is heated by the engine to heat the heater core. When the traveling mode is EV traveling mode, a flow path including a pipe is formed, and the coolant is heated by the heater to heat the heater core."
The patent was filed on March 27, 2023, under Applicat...