ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,034, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to WorkSport Ltd. (Vaughan, Canada).

"Compact heat pump for cold climate applications" was invented by Lorenzo Rossi (Richmond, Canada), Martin Agelin-Chaab (Oshawa, Canada), Bismark Addo-Binney (Oshawa, Canada) and Sheldon Williamson (Oshawa, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump system is provided. The heat pump system includes a first compressor and a second compressor and a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger. The system further includes a first expansion device, a second expansion device, and a third expansion device. When the system operates ...