ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,872, issued on May 12, was assigned to Terravis Energy Inc. (West Seneca, N.Y.).

"Heat pump system and components thereof" was invented by Lorenzo H. Rossi (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump system is provided. The heat pump system includes a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant is caused to flow and an antifreeze circuit through which an antifreeze solution is caused to flow having an antifreeze accumulator tank. The refrigerant circuit includes a first refrigerant coil arranged within a first heat exchanger and a second refrigerant coil arranged within a second heat exchanger. The antifreeze...