ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,263, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).

"Method and test arrangement for testing an air-conditioning unit" was invented by Irfan Kasap (Herne, Germany) and Markus Schmitz (Langerwehe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a test arrangement for testing an air-conditioning unit which is intended to provide conditioned air for a vehicle and which is exposed to solar radiation during the operation of the vehicle. According to the method, the solar radiation is simulated by an artificial light source during the test. The artificial light source is set on the basis of a preliminary test, durin...