ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,101, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).
"Method for operating a heat pump for a motor vehicle and heat pump" was invented by Jochen Westhaeuser (Braunschweig, Germany), Sven Twenhoevel (Sassenburg, Germany) and Peter Hellmann (Cremlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump for a motor vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit with a refrigerant, an ambient heat exchanger, a compressor, a heating heat exchanger, and a throttle. A method for operating the heat pump includes determining an expected start time of a charging process of a motor vehicle battery and determining a maximum dew p...