ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,764, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Thermal management systems and methods thereof for marine vessels" was invented by Aniket Ajay Lad (Urbana, Ill.) and Brennan J. Kelly (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a marine vessel includes a first closed loop circuit in which a first heat transfer fluid is circulated, a first refrigeration component cooled or heated by the first heat transfer fluid and configured to cool or heat air within a compartment on the marine vessel, and a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the first heat transfer flu...