US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Oct. 28 for "Heating and cooling of buildings using underground heat storage" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,120, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Heating and cooling of buildings using underground heat storage" was invented by John Andrew Weems (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for heating and cooling buildings using geothermal heat storage includes a heat exchange system coupled to a heat storage medium including rock. The heat exchange system comprises pipes running through boreholes in the rock. The pipes of the heat exchange system are connected to pipes used within the building for heating and cooling the building. The system stores excess heat collecte...