ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,819, issued on April 7, was assigned to DENSO International America Inc. (Southfield, Mich.) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"System and method for extreme cold starting of a heating system" was invented by Yilin Tian (Farmington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are provided and include determining a sensed condition. When the sensed condition is below a first threshold and above a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold, a flow of coolant is started in a coolant loop comprising a first portion of a first heat exchanger. A flow of refrigerant is started in a refrigeran...