ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,941, issued on April 7, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Heat pump system and control method thereof" was invented by Jinxiang Wang (Shanghai), Xingye Zhou (Shanghai) and Zehang Yu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump system comprises: an indoor unit comprising an air conditioning unit and a refrigeration cabinet unit, and an outdoor unit comprising a compressor unit, an outdoor heat exchange unit, and a switching device for selectively connecting the exhaust end of the compressor unit to one of the air conditioning unit and the outdoor heat exchange unit, and connecting the suction end of th...