US Patent Issued to Bradford White on Sept. 1 for "Machine learning of heat pump system water usage patterns for optimized heat pump performance" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,778, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Bradford White Corp. (Ambler, Pa.).

"Machine learning of heat pump system water usage patterns for optimized heat pump performance" was invented by Lolke Vorsteveld (Derry, N.H.) and Aaron Lord (Farmington, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air to water heat pump system is configured to minimize operating cost of the system utilizing one or more of hot water demand patterns, present or predicted ambient conditions, and/or electrical power cost. The system may be configured to reduce production and/or storage of hot water during periods of low demand, and increase production and storage of ...