US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 30 for "Heat pump for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,101, issued on June 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Heat pump for a vehicle" was invented by Rachael Shey (Ferndale, Mich.) and Jeffrey Paul Brown (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a first heat exchanger, a first region of a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a compressor, a vapor generator, an accumulator, a first expansion valve, and a first three-way valve. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The vapor generator is posit...