ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,082, issued on March 3, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Air-conditioning system for motor vehicle" was invented by Markus Boger (Stuttgart, Germany) and Matthias Jung (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The air-conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit for being flowed through by a refrigerant. In the refrigerant circuit, a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant subject to passing condensation heat on to a fluid conducted through the condenser, an expansion device for expanding the ...