ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,531, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE (Allendorf, Germany).

"Method of operating a refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Ulrich Hafner (Burgwald, Germany) and Christopher Wrede (Medebach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a refrigeration cycle apparatus uses a compressor to compress a coolant. The compressed coolant is fed to a condenser for release of heat, the condensed coolant is later fed to a primary side of an internal heat exchanger for release of heat, and the cooled coolant is guided through an expansion device. The coolant expanded in the expansion device ...