ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,868, issued on May 12, was assigned to JIANGSU SUJING GROUP Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Transcritical carbon dioxide single-stage and double-stage compression hot water system and control method therefor" was invented by Hao Pan (Suzhou, China), Dan Xiong (Suzhou, China), Xiaoliang Tang (Suzhou, China), Jun You (Suzhou, China), Qiang Kang (Suzhou, China) and Xiaofei Song (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot water system with transcritical carbon dioxide single-stage or double-stage compression and a control method therefor is provided. The hot water system includes a first-stage compressor, a first heat exchanger for exc...