US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 24 for "Electric vehicle indirect heat pump system with multiple heat recovery and enhanced refrigerant cooling" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,283, issued on March 24, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electric vehicle indirect heat pump system with multiple heat recovery and enhanced refrigerant cooling" was invented by Meng Li (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Craig A Lindquist (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle thermal management system includes a heat pump system, a cabin coolant loop, a low-temperature coolant loop. The heat pump system includes a compressor, a water condenser, an outside heat exchanger, a chiller, an evaporator, a gas-liquid accumulator, a first electronic expansion valve, a second electronic expansion valve, a th...