ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,128, issued on March 17, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).
"Thermal energy storage integrated heat pump" was invented by Yang Zou (Frisco, Texas) and Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes a heat pump having a thermal energy storage (TES) material. The heat pump can include a first heat exchanger to exchange heat between ambient air and refrigerant, a second heat exchanger to exchange heat between the refrigerant and air supplied to a climate-controlled space, and a third heat exchanger to exchange heat between the TES material and the refrigerant in a...