ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,941, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for operating a temperature-control device of a motor vehicle, and temperature-control device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Sebastian Hahn (Schwertberg, Austria) and Patrick Marinell (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a temperature-control device having a compressor line flowing a total mass flow of refrigerant and having a refrigerant compressor by which the refrigerant is conveyed and compressed, a condenser line branches off from the compressor line and flowing a first partial mass flow of the refrigerant, and ha...