ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,728, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Thermal conditioning system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Roland Akiki (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France), Patricia Gardie (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France), Jinming Liu (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France), Rody El Chammas (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France), Regis Beauvis (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France) and Muriel Porto (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a thermal conditioning system is disclosed. The thermal conditioning system includes a refrigerant unit configured to circulate a refrigera...