US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Aug. 25 for "Vehicle cabin dehumidification at low ambient temperatures" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,270, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle cabin dehumidification at low ambient temperatures" was invented by Devin C. Richardson (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle includes operating the HVAC system in a heating mode to heat a supply airflow and direct the heated supply airflow into a passenger compartment of the vehicle; and selectably directing a flow of refrigerant through an evaporator of the HVAC system to reduce a relative humidity of the supply airflow by condensing ...