US Patent Issued to Mixergy on June 9 for "Heating systems" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,244, issued on June 9, was assigned to Mixergy Ltd. (Thame, Great Britain).

"Heating systems" was invented by Peter Armstrong (Oxfordshire, Great Britain), Geraint Lloyd (Oxfordshire, Great Britain) and Christopher Randall (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating system (100), a controller (110) for a heating system and a method of controlling a heating system (100) suitable for responding to grid stress events are disclosed. A heating system (100) comprises a tank (104) for holding water; a heat pump (102) arranged to provide heat to the tank (104); an electric heating element (108) disposed in the tank fo...