ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,950, issued on June 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Identifying improperly installed equipment in the heating and cooling system of a vehicle" was invented by Mutaz Keldani (Oshawa, Canada), Joseph F Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Dhruv Patel (Brampton, Canada), Bemnet Lulie (Victoria, Canada) and Kyle Holihan (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include identifying improperly installed equipment in a heating and cooling system of a vehicle. Aspects include obtaining an initial reading from each of a plurality of sensors disposed in the vehicle, activating one or more of a ...